Schistura deansmarti
Schistura deansmarti
- Vulnerable
- Card rarity: Rare
- Fish
Schistura deansmarti is a species of ray-finned fish in the stone loach genus Schistura. It is found in cave streams in a karst landscape in the Thung Salaeng Luang National Park of Phitsanulok Province where it lives mainly on the stream beds and feeds on organic material and micro-organisms. The specific name honors the British speleologist who collected the original specimens and who works for the conservation of caves in Thailand.
Classification
- Class
- Actinopterygii
- Order
- Cypriniformes
- Family
- Nemacheilidae
- Genus
- Schistura