Ambastaia sidthimunki

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cobitoidei
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cobitoidei

Ambastaia sidthimunki (Klausewitz, 1959)

Type locality: Loom District, "Yom" River, northern Thailand; [Phetchaburi Province: probably Lom Sak district, 16°46'46"N 101°14'32"E.

Etymology: The specific epithet of this fish honors Aree Sidthimunk, a researcher at Department of Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture, Thailand.

Klausewitz, W. 1959. Botia sidthimunki, eine neue Schmerle aus Thailand (Pisces, Cobitidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica 40(1/2): 51–53.
Kittipong Jaruthanin (story) and Kamphol Udomritthiruj (photo), ตามรอย... "หมูอารีย์" สัตว์สงวนแห่งสยาม (Following the trail of... "Dwarf Loach" protected fauna of Siam. Fish Zone Vol. 3, Issue 24 (May 15 – June 15, 2002)

Kottelat, M. 2012. Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 26(Supplement 26): 1–199. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Nalbant, T. T.; 2002. Sixty million years of evolution. Part one: family Botiidae (Pisces: Ostariophysi: Cobitoidea). Travaux du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle "Grigore Antipa" 44: 309–333, Pls. 1–12.