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Kryptopterus minor

Kryptopterus minor is a small species of Asian glass catfish from the Kapuas River basin in Borneo, Indonesia. Until 2013, the ghost catfish was included in K. minor. The true K. minor is rarely seen in the aquarium trade, while K. vitreolus is common.

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Kryptopterus minor
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.2345 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.234

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