Slender stone loach

Slender stone loach
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Balitoridae
Genus: Balitora
Species: B. mysorensis
Binomial name
Balitora mysorensis
Hora, 1941

Slender stone loach (Balitora mysorensis) is a species of hill-stream loach.[1][2][3] It is endemic to the Western Ghats, India, and known from Kerala and Karnataka, and possibly from Maharashtra. It inhabits torrential streams and can be found attached to bedrock, cobbles, and boulders.[1]

Slender stone loach grow to 5.0 cm (2.0 in) SL.[2]

Slender stone loach are occasionally collected for international aquarium trade. In some rivers the species is threatened by pollution from plantations as well as destructive fishing practices.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Ali, A. & Raghavan, R. (2013). "Balitora mysorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2015.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Balitora mysorensis" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
  3. Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 June 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 17 June 2015.


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