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Schistura quasimodo

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

Schistura quasimodo is a species of stone loach (a ray-finned fish) in the genus Schistura. It is known from a single stream from the Nam Ngum drainage in Laos, a tributary of the Mekong.[1] It has a cylindrical body, sometimes with a conspicuous hump (the species epithet refers to Quasimodo, character in Victor Hugo's The Hunchback of Notre-Dame). The known material suggests a maximum standard length of about 48 mm (1.9 in).[2]

S. quasimodo has a very restricted distribution and may be threatened by pollution from mining activities, sedimentation from deforestation, and hydro-power development.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Kottelat, M. (2012). "Schistura quasimodo". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180931A1679325. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180931A1679325.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ a b Kottelat, M. (2000). "Diagnoses of a new genus and 64 new species of fishes from Laos (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Bagridae, Syngnathidae, Chaudhuriidae and Tetraodontidae)" (PDF). Journal of South Asian Natural History. 5: 37–82. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-04-02.