Kayahschistura

Kayahschistura
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus:
Kottelat & Grego, 2020
Species:
K. lokalayensis
Binomial name
Kayahschistura lokalayensis
Kottelat & Grego, 2020

Kayahschistura is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Nemacheilidae, the stone loaches. The only species in the genus is Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a cave fish which is known from two caves in the Hpruso District of the Kayah State in Myanmar.[1][2]

References

  1. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Kayahschistura". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
  2. ^ Maurice Kottelat & Jozef Grego (2020). "Kayahschistura lokalayensis, a new genus and species of cave fish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae)". Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Y Supplement No. 35: 179–185.
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