Kryptopterus minor
Scientific classification Edit this 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.[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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 1 2 SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 PlanetCatfish: Kryptopterus minor. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  5. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Kryptopterus minor" in FishBase. April 2014 version.


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