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Schistura yersini

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Schistura yersini
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. yersini
Binomial name
Schistura yersini

Schistura yersini is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura which is found in two mountain rivers near Dalat in Vietnam. The species is abundant in steep, streams and rivers which have a gravel or rocky substrate and fast current. It is resistant to organic pollution and human disturbance of its habitat and is able to persist in streams flowing through settlements. It is most common in riffles and rapids where the water flow is greater than 1 metre per second below the surface.[1] The specific name honours the Swiss biologist and humanist Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943), who spent a great deal of his life working around Dalat near where the original type of this species was collected.[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura yersini". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2018.