Nemacheilus anguilla

Short description: Species of fish

Nemacheilus anguilla

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Cypriniformes
Family:  | Nemacheilidae
Genus:  | Nemacheilus
Species:  |

N. anguilla

Binomial name
Nemacheilus anguilla

Annandale, 1919

Synonyms

* Noemacheilus anguilla (Annandale, 1919)
* Nemacheilus poonaensis Menon, 1950

Nemacheilus anguilla, the eel loach, is a species of ray-finned fish in the genus Nemacheilus which is endemic to the Western Ghats in southern India. It occurs in streams with pebbles and with sandy substrates. It is collected for the aquarium trade but the main threat may come from pollution caused by large numbers of pilgrims which attend temples near the waters in which this species occurs.[1]

## Footnotes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ali, A.; Raghavan, R. (2011). "Nemacheilus anguilla". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2011: e.T172347A6873280. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172347A6873280.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/172347/6873280. Retrieved 18 November 2021.

* Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2006). "Nemacheilus anguilla" in FishBase. April 2006 version.

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