Draconectes is a genus of troglobitic stone loach known only from a cave on Van Gio Island in Halong Bay, Vietnam. The only species known in the genus is Draconectes narinosus.[1]
Draconectes | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Draconectes Kottelat, 2012 |
Species: | D. narinosus
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Binomial name | |
Draconectes narinosus Kottelat, 2012
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References
edit- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Draconectes narinosus". FishBase. December 2012 version.
- ^ Kottelat, M. (2012): Draconectes narinosus, a new genus and species of cave fish from an island of Halong Ray, Vietnam (Teleostei: Nemacheilidae). Revue suisse de Zoologie / Swiss Journal of Zoology, 119 (3): 341-349.