Exostoma berdmorei
Exostoma berdmorei is a species of sisorid catfish from Myanmar and Thailand. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).[1]
| Exostoma berdmorei | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Exostoma |
| Species: | E. berdmorei |
| Binomial name | |
| Exostoma berdmorei Blyth, 1860 | |
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of the late Major Hugh Thomas Berdmore (1811–1859) of the Madras Artillery, who provided the type specimen.[2]
References
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Exostoma berdmorei" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 16 April 2022.
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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