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Cryptotora thamicola (Kottelat, 1988)

Cave angel fish
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Common names: [No common name]
Occurrence: endemic
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Appears to be restricted to two caves, Tham Susa and Tham Mae Lana (Ref. 42927). Tham Susa in Mae Hong Son Province is an outflow stream cave rising to the east of Nam Khong, a tribuary of Nam Mae Pai, itself a tributary of the Salween River (Ref. 37846). Syntopic with Schistura oedipus in Tham Mae Lana (Ref. 42927). Type locality: Susa Cave, Mae Hong Son Prov., Thailand, 19°28'N, 98°08'E (Ref. 37846). Also Ref. 27299, 26580, 37773.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/th.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., 1988
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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

Teleostei (teleosts) > Cypriniformes (Carps) > Balitoridae (River loaches)
Etymology: thamicola: From tham, latin transcription of the Thai word for cave; cola from the latin colere which means to inhabit..
  More on author: Kottelat.

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

Freshwater; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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