Nanobagrus armatus

Nanobagrus armatus is a species of bagrid catfish found in the Mahakam and Kapuas River basins of Borneo.[2]

Nanobagrus armatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Nanobagrus
Species:
N. armatus
Binomial name
Nanobagrus armatus
(Vaillant, 1902)
Synonyms[1]
  • Akysis armatus Vaillant, 1902
  • Leiocassis armatus (Vaillant, 1902)

This species grows to a length of 3.2 cm[3] and has a brown body with numerous cream-colored spots and 2 relatively large and irregular cream-colored patches on the sides of the body.[2]

References

  1. "Synonyms of Nanobagrus armatus (Vaillant, 1902)". Fishbase. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  2. Ng, Heok Hee; Tan, Heok Hui (1999). "The Fishes of the Endau Drainage, Peninsular Malaysia with Descriptions of Two New Species of Catfishes (Teleostei: Akysidae, Bagridae)" (PDF). Zoological Studies. 38 (3): 350–366.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Nanobagrus armatus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.


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