Chitala lopis

Chitala lopis
Conservation status
	; Extinct (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Osteoglossiformes
Family:	Notopteridae
Genus:	Chitala
Species:	C. lopis
Binomial name
	Chitala lopis; Bleeker, 1851

Chitala lopis[2] was a freshwater fish endemic to the island of Java in Indonesia. It inhabited lowland river mainstreams and tributaries with rocky and sunken wood bottoms, as well as forest-covered streams. It fed on smaller fishes, insects and vertebrates, mostly at night.[1] It is now considered extinct.[3]

References

Ng, H.H. 2020. Chitala lopis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T157719927A89815479. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T157719927A89815479.en. Downloaded on 08 June 2020.
"Chitala lopis". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS)
Singapore), Heok Hee Ng (c/o National University of (2019-08-29). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Chitala lopis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-12-10.

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[IUCN-1] Ng, H.H. 2020. Chitala lopis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020: e.T157719927A89815479. https://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T157719927A89815479.en. Downloaded on 08 June 2020.

[MYBIS-2] "Chitala lopis". Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS)

[3] Singapore), Heok Hee Ng (c/o National University of (2019-08-29). "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species: Chitala lopis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2020-12-10.