Clicky

Trigonostigma somphongsi (Meinken, 1958)

Somphongs’s rasbora

 

 

Taxonomy & Nomenclature

Synonym/s: Rasbora somphongsi Meinken, 1958

 

Conservation Status

Last record: 1958

Rediscovered in 2012-2013

IUCN RedList status: Critically Endangered

 

Distribution

Thailand

 

Biology & Ecology

 

 

Hypodigm

 

 

Media

 

 

References

Original scientific description:

Meinken, H. (1958). Mitteilungen der fischbestimmungsstelle des VDA. XXIX. Rasbora somphongsi eine neue Zwergrasbora. Die Aquarien- und Terrarien Zeitschrift 11: 67-69.

 

Other references:

Petsut, Nidsaraporn et al. (2014). The first record of Trigonostigma somphongsi (Meinken,1958), a critically endangered species, in its natural habitat of Thailand (Cypriniformes Cyprinidae). Biodiversity Journal 5(4): 471-474.

Vidthayanon, C. (2013). Trigonostigma somphongsi. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 29 January 2015.

http://extinctanimals.proboards.com/thread/19146/trigonostigma-somphongsi

 

<< Back to the Neopterygii (New-Finned Fishes) database