Gastromyzon ingeri

Gastromyzon ingeri
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Gastromyzontidae
Genus: Gastromyzon
Species: G. ingeri
Binomial name
Gastromyzon ingeri
H. H. Tan, 2006

Gastromyzon ingeri is a species of river loach (family Balitoridae[1][2] or Gastromyzontidae,[3] depending on the source). It is named for Robert F. Inger.[2] It is endemic to Sabah, Borneo, where it occurs in rivers draining into Wallace Bay.[1][2] It inhabits fast flowing rocky streams and grows to 5.4 cm (2.1 in) standard length.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Eschmeyer, W. N., R. Fricke, and R. van der Laan (eds) (1 July 2016). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 3 July 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Gastromyzon ingeri" in FishBase. January 2016 version.
  3. Kottelat, M. (2012). "Conspectus cobitidum: an inventory of the loaches of the world (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cobitoidei)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Suppl. 26: 1–199.
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