Schistura_savona

<i>Schistura savona</i>

Schistura savona

Species of fish

Schistura savona is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Schistura.It is found along the eastern Himalaya in the Tista drainage at Darjeeling through Nepal, to Ghaghara and Kali drainages in Uttar Pradesh where it occurs in fast flowing hill streams with gravel beds.[1] The specific name savona is a latinisation and contraction of the Bengali name for this species savon khorka.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    Vishwanath, W. (2010). "Schistura savona". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T166545A6233668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T166545A6233668.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2017). "Schistura savona" in FishBase. October 2017 version.
  3. [3]
    "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 21 January 2017.


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