Pseudobagarius meridionalis

Pseudobagarius meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Akysidae
Genus:Pseudobagarius
Species: P. meridionalis
Binomial name
Pseudobagarius meridionalis
(Ng & Siebert, 2004)
Synonyms[1]
  • Akysis meridionalis Ng & Siebert, 2004

Pseudobagarius meridionalis is a species of catfish belonging to the family Akysidae (the stream catfishes). It is only known from the Barito River basin in southern Borneo.[1]

This is a very small catfish, up to 32 mm standard length, with a body dark brown above with a few scattered pale spots and white below, with a strongly projected upper jaw so that the premaxillary teeth are clearly visible even when the mouth is closed.

References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pseudobagarius meridionalis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
  • Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 1418: 1–628.
  • Ng, H. H. & Siebert, D. J. (2004). "A new species of the catfish genus Akysis (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Borneo" (PDF). Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 733: 1–8.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.