Balitora annamitica

Balitora annamitica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Balitora
Species: B. annamitica
Binomial name
Balitora annamitica
Kottelat, 1988

Balitora annamitica is a species of hill-stream loach from the Mekong River Basin in Cambodia, Thailand, and Laos, and possibly Vietnam.[1][2][3] It might be more than one species.[1]

Balitora annamitica grow to 12.0 cm (4.7 in) TL.[2] It occurs in rapids and stretches of rivers with fast flow. It is locally common and present in subsistence fisheries.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Kottelat, M. (2012). "Balitora annamitica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Balitora annamitica" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 3 May 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


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