Giant featherback
| Giant featherback | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Notopteridae |
| Genus: | Chitala |
| Species: | C. lopis |
| Binomial name | |
| Chitala lopis Bleeker, 1851 | |
The giant featherback (Chitala lopis) also known as Indonesian Featherback[2] is a freshwater fish found in Southeast Asia, including Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra and Java in Indonesia. It inhabits lowland river mainstreams and tributaries with rocky and sunken wood bottoms, as well as forest-covered streams. It feeds on smaller fishes, insects and vertebrates, mostly at night.[1]
References
- 1 2 Vidthayanon, C. (2012) "Chitala lopis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.2.
- ↑ "Chitala lopis". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS)
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