Kryptopterus minor
Appearance
Kryptopterus minor | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Kryptopterus |
Species: | K. minor
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Binomial name | |
Kryptopterus minor Roberts, 1989
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Kryptopterus minor is a small species of Asian glass catfish from the Kapuas River basin in Borneo, Indonesia.[2][3][4][5] Until 2013, the ghost catfish (K. vitreolus) was included in K. minor. The true K. minor is rarely (if ever) seen in the aquarium trade, while K. vitreolus is common.[2][3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Ng, H.H.; Vidthayanon, C. (2020). "Kryptopterus minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T156289717A1724906. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T156289717A1724906.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
- ^ a b Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) Zootaxa 3630: 308-316.
- ^ a b SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ a b PlanetCatfish: Kryptopterus minor. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Kryptopterus minor" in FishBase. April 2014 version.