Kryptopterus minor | |
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Conservation status | |
Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
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. 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.
References
- 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.
- ^ Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) Zootaxa 3630: 308-316.
- ^ SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- ^ PlanetCatfish: Kryptopterus minor. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Kryptopterus minor". FishBase.
Taxon identifiers | |
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Kryptopterus minor |
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