Gastromyzon ingeri

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]

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

References

  1. 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.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-02-11.


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