Physoschistura raoi Hora, 1929
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Nemachilus raoe Hora, 1929 (original combination); Schistura raoi (Hora, 1929)
Conservation Status
Missing
Last record: 1929 or before
IUCN RedList status: Data Deficient
Only known from the type series (Vishwanath, 2010). No further records of this species have been made and it may therefore be extinct. A possible record exists from Yunnan, China (Kottelat, 1990 cited in Vishwanath, 2010) which should be investigated as the species' distribution may encompass an area much larger than the type locality.
Distribution
Mongyai, Northern Shan States, Myanmar
A possible record exists from Yunnan, China (Kottelat, 1990 cited in Vishwanath, 2010) which should be investigated as the species' distribution may encompass an area much larger than the type locality.
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Only known from the type series (Vishwanath, 2010).
Type locality: Salween drainage, Mongyai, Northern Shan States, Myanmar
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Hora, S. L. (1929). Notes on fishes in the Indian Museum. XVII. Loaches of the genus Nemachilus from Burma. Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) 31: 311-334.
Other references:
Kottelat, Maurice. (1990). Indochinese Nemacheilines, a revision of nemacheiline loaches (Pisces: Cypriniformes) of Thailand, Burma, Laos, Cambodia and southern Viet Nam. 262 pp. 180 figures. 33 tables.
Vishwanath, W. (2010). Physoschistura raoi. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 14 December 2012.
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