| Pseudobagarius meridionalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Akysidae |
| Genus: | Pseudobagarius |
| Species: | P. meridionalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pseudobagarius meridionalis (Ng & Siebert, 2004) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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 2 Froese, Rainer; 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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
- 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.
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