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Schistura larketensis

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Schistura larketensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. larketensis
Binomial name
Schistura larketensis
Choudhury et al., 2017[1]

Schistura larketensis is a species of cavefish in the family Nemacheilidae. It is found in the East Jaintia Hills district in the Indian state of Meghalaya and is named after the Larket village, where the fish was found inside a cave.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Schistura larketensis, a new cavernicolous fish (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae) from Meghalaya, Northeast India". Biotaxa. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
  2. ^ "New species of blind fish discovered inside Meghalaya cave". The Hindu. 28 December 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2017.