Schistura melarancia is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach, in the genus Schistura. It is found in the Mekong drainage in Laos and Vietnam.[1] The specific name melarancia is derived from an old Italian word for an orange and refers to the orange-brown colour of the fins and body of this species.[2]

Schistura melarancia
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Nemacheilidae
Genus: Schistura
Species:
S. melarancia
Binomial name
Schistura melarancia

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Schistura melarancia". FishBase. October 2017 version.
  2. ^ "Order CYPRINIFORMES: Family NEMACHEILIDAE (Stone Loaches)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2018.