Bohlen, J., Šlechtová V. 2009
Schistura
udomritthiruji (Cypriniformes: Nemacheilidae),
a new loach from southern Thailand
Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 20: 319-324.
Schistura udomritthiruji, new species, is
described from streams draining to the Andaman Sea in southern Thailand between
Takua Pa and Ranong. It can be distinguished from congeners by the following
characters: dark bars on the body much thinner in the anterior half of the body
than in the posterior half; 9+8 branched rays in the caudal fin; males with
suborbital flap; lateral line ends above base of anal fin; caudal fin hyaline
and dark bars on posterior half of body more than twice as wide as interspaces.