Kryptopterus minor
| Kryptopterus minor | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Subphylum: | Vertebrata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Superorder: | Ostariophysi |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Kryptopterus |
| Species: | K. minor |
| Binomial name | |
| Kryptopterus minor Roberts, 1989 | |
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
- ↑ Vidthayanon, C. (2013). "Kryptopterus minor". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.1. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
- 1 2 Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) Zootaxa 3630: 308-316.
- 1 2 SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- 1 2 PlanetCatfish: Kryptopterus minor. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Kryptopterus minor" in FishBase. April 2014 version.
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