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Turcinoemacheilus himalaya Conway, Edds, Shrestha & Mayden, 2011

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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Comments: Type locality, Bagmati Zone, Sindhupalchok District, Indrawati River at Melamchi Township, KU 40558 (holotype of Turcinoemacheilus himalaya, 4.66 cm SL). Specimens were collected from large rivers (>10 m width) and medium-sized (5-10 m wide) tributaries of the Koshi and Gandaki River systems of eastern and central Nepal (Ref. 88137).
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Main Ref: Conway, K.W., D.R. Edds, J. Shrestha and R.L. Mayden, 2011
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Common names from other countries

Himaalaja türktrulling, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Nemacheilidae (Brook loaches)
Etymology: himalaya: Name from the Sanskrit (of Hima-Alaya), meaning ‘adobe of snow’; referring to the Himalayan Mountain Range to which the species is endemic..

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Subtropical

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