Fangfangia
| Fangfangia | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Sundadanionidae |
| Genus: | Britz, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012 |
| Species: | F. spinicleithralis |
| Binomial name | |
| Fangfangia spinicleithralis Britz, Kottelat & H. H. Tan, 2012 | |
Fangfangia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios.[2] The only species in the genus is Fangfangia spinicleithralis a species endemic to Indonesia where it is found in the peat swamp forests of Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo. The genus name Fangfangia honors the Chinese-Swedish ichthyologist Fang Fang Kullander, who specialized in the study of cyprinid fishes.[3]
References
- ^ Lumbantobing, D. (2020). "Fangfangia spinicleithralis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T91003379A91003413. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T91003379A91003413.en. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Genera in the family Sundadanionidae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2025.
- ^ Britz, R.; Kottelat, M. & Tan, H.H. (2011). "Fangfangia spinicleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid from Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 22 (4): 327–335.