Schistura yersini

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

Familia: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species: Schistura yersini

Name

Schistura yersini Freyhof & Serov, 2001

Type locality: Vietnam.

Holotype: ZFMK. ZFMK 23579.

Etymology: yersini: Named for the famour Swiss biologist and humanist Alexandre Yersin who spends much of his life in southern Vietnam, especially around Dalat where this species was collected.

References

• Herder, F. ; J. Huylebrouck & K. Busse, 2011: Catalogue of type specimens of fishes in the Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig, Bonn. Bonn Zoological Bulletin 59: 109–136. Full article: [1].
• Freyhof, J. & Serov, D. V. 2001. Nemacheiline loaches from Central Vietnam with descriptions of a new genus and 14 new species (Cypriniformes: Balitoridae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 12(2): 133–191. Reference page.