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Nemacheilus triangularis
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M. triangularis
Binomial name
Mesonoemacheilus triangularis
(F. Day, 1865)
Synonyms

Nemacheilus periyarensis Kurup & Radhakrishnan, 2005
Nemacheilus triangularis F. Day, 1865
Nemacheilus triangularis tambaraparniensis Menon, 1987

Mesonoemacheilus triangularis[2] or Nemacheilus periyarensis[1][3] is a species of stone loach endemic to the Western Ghats in southern Karnataka, Kerala, and Tamil Nadu, India. It is a fairly common species occurring in streams with gravel, cobbles and bedrock with some sand as the substrate.[1] This fish grows to a length of 5.8 centimetres (2.3 in) SL and can be found in the aquarium trade.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, W. N. (2 July 2015). "Catalog of Fishes". California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemacheilus triangularis". FishBase. November 2014 version.