Exostoma vinciguerrae

{{Speciesbox

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Ng, H.H. |date=2010 |title=Exostoma vinciguerrae |volume=2010 |page=e.T168552A6513287 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168552A6513287.en |access-date=12 March 2024}}

| taxon = Exostoma vinciguerrae

| authority = Regan, 1905

}}

Exostoma vinciguerrae is a species of sisorid catfish in the family Sisoridae. It is found in Myanmar and India.

Description

Exostoma vinciguerrae reaches a standard length of {{convert|3.6|cm|in|abbr=on}}.{{FishBase |genus= Exostoma|species= vinciguerrae| month = February | year = 2015}}

Etymology

The fish is named in honour of physician-ichthyologist Decio Vinciguerra (1856–1934).{{cite web | url = http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes7/ | title = Order SILURIFORMES: Families AKYSIDAE, AMBLYCIPITIDAE, SISORIDAE and AMPHILIIDAE | access-date= 16 April 2022 | author1 = Christopher Scharpf | author2 = Kenneth J. Lazara | name-list-style = amp | work = The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database | publisher = Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara | date = 22 September 2018}}

References

Vishwanath, W. and H. Joyshree, 2007. A new Sisorid catfish of the genus Exostoma Blith from Manipur, India. Zoo's Print Journal 22(1):2531–2534.

Category:Catfish of Asia

Category:Fish of India

Category:Fish of Myanmar

Category:Taxa named by Charles Tate Regan

Category:Fish described in 1905

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