Yunnanilus obtusirostris | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Cypriniformes |
Family: | Nemacheilidae |
Genus: | Yunnanilus |
Species: | Y. obtusirostris
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Binomial name | |
Yunnanilus obtusirostris
J. X. Yang, 1995
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Yunnanilus obtusirostris is a species of ray-finned fish, a stone loach in the genus Yunnanilus. Its type locality is the West Dragon Spring, which flows into Fuxian Lake in Chengjiang County, Yunnan. [2] It mau be a species in the genus Heminoemacheilus rather than Yunnanilus. [2] The specific name is a compound of the Latin rostrum meaning a "beak" and obtusus meaning "blunt", this refers to the species' short snout. [3]