Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus also known as the rainbow minnow is a freshwater ray-finned fish, a torrent minnow, which is found in the drainage systems of the Ganges and the Brahmaputra in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as the Meghna River and Surma River drainage basins in India and Bangladesh. the habitat of this species is shallow running streams with sandy bottoms, usually with some pebbles laying on the sand. This species reaches a length of 8.4 cm (3.3 in).[1][2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Psilorhynchidae |
| Genus: | Psilorhynchus |
| Species: | P. nudithoracicus
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| Binomial name | |
| Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus | |
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Psilorhynchus gracilis Rainboth, 1983 | |
References
edit- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Psilorhynchus nudithoracicus". FishBase. October 2017 version.
- ^ Lalramliana; Lalnuntluanga; Lalronunga, S. (2015). "Psilorhynchus kaladanensis, a new species (Teleostei: Psilorhynchidae) from Mizoram, northeastern India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 3962 (1): 171–178. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3962.1.9. PMID 26249383.
- Conway, K.W., D.E. Dittmer, L.E. Jezisek and H.H. Ng, 2013. On Psilorhynchus sucatio and P. nudithoracicus, with the description of a new species of Psilorhynchus from northeastern India (Ostariophysi: Psilorhynchidae). Zootaxa 3686(2):201-243.