Identity of aquarium glass catfish resolved
March 20th, 2013 — 2:50pm
K. vitreolus is well-known to aquarists but has been misidentified for at least 80 years. © Unimati.dk
Over the last few decades the aquarium glass catfish has generally been referred to as Kryptopterus bicirrhis or, more recently, K. minor in both aquarium and scientific literature, but a new paper by Drs. Heok Hee Ng and Maurice Kottelat reveals that this popular species has in fact been misidentified for over eighty years. Continue reading »
Category: New Species, News | Tags: glass catfish, Kottelat, Kryptopterus, Ng, Zootaxa | 2 comments »
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