Eonemachilus altus

Eonemachilus altus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Eonemachilus
Species:
E. altus
Binomial name
Eonemachilus altus
(Kottelat & X. L. Chu), 1988[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Yunnanilus altus Kottelat & X. L. Chu, 1988

Eonemachilus altus is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Eonemachilus from Yunnan. It occurs in small streams with a moderate current where it moves slowly in shoals along the substrate. Its diet consists of filamentous algae and insects.[2] The type locality is in Zhanyi County.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Eonemachilus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 December 2024.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Yunnanilus altuis". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. ^ Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus_cobitidum.pdf Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No. 26: 1–199.


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