A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)

Lepidocephalus has been assumed to include only two species and confined to peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia. How-ever, based on records and collections reported herein, the genus contains five species and is most common in the Chao Phraya basin of Thailand. Large rivers seem to be the preferred ha...

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Main Authors: Gridsada Deein, Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen, Lawrence M. Page
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Published: 2018
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-451042018-01-24T06:05:24Z A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae) Gridsada Deein Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen Lawrence M. Page Lepidocephalus has been assumed to include only two species and confined to peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia. How-ever, based on records and collections reported herein, the genus contains five species and is most common in the Chao Phraya basin of Thailand. Large rivers seem to be the preferred habitat, and difficulty in collecting these rivers may ac-count for the paucity of specimens in collections. The known range of these five species includes western and southern Borneo, Java, Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, and central Thailand Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press. 2018-01-24T06:05:24Z 2018-01-24T06:05:24Z 2014-03-17 Journal 11755334 11755326 2-s2.0-84896518199 10.11646/zootaxa.3779.3.2 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=84896518199&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/45104
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description Lepidocephalus has been assumed to include only two species and confined to peninsular Malaysia and Indonesia. How-ever, based on records and collections reported herein, the genus contains five species and is most common in the Chao Phraya basin of Thailand. Large rivers seem to be the preferred habitat, and difficulty in collecting these rivers may ac-count for the paucity of specimens in collections. The known range of these five species includes western and southern Borneo, Java, Sumatra, peninsular Malaysia, and central Thailand Copyright © 2014 Magnolia Press.
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author Gridsada Deein
Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen
Lawrence M. Page
spellingShingle Gridsada Deein
Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen
Lawrence M. Page
A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
author_facet Gridsada Deein
Weerapongse Tangjitjaroen
Lawrence M. Page
author_sort Gridsada Deein
title A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
title_short A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
title_full A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
title_fullStr A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
title_full_unstemmed A revision of the spirit loaches, genus Lepidocephalus (Cypriniformes, Cobitidae)
title_sort revision of the spirit loaches, genus lepidocephalus (cypriniformes, cobitidae)
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