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Speonectes tiomanensis

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Speonectes tiomanensis is a species of stone loach that is endemic to Malaysia and only known from a cave on Tioman Island. This fish reaches a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus, but it was formerly included in Sundoreonectes. It is the only cavefish known from Malaysia.

Species

Critically Endangered

SPECIES

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderCypriniformes
  5. FamilyNemacheilidae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations recorded7

via GBIF · IUCN

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Speonectes tiomanensis
IUCN conservation status
Critically Endangered
short name
S. tiomanensis
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Speonectes tiomanensis is a species of stone loach that is endemic to Malaysia and only known from a cave on Tioman Island. This fish reaches a length of SL. This species is the only known member of its genus, but it was formerly included in Sundoreonectes. It is the only cavefish known from Malaysia.

==References==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Speonectes tiomanensis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.