| Kryptopterus vitreolus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Kryptopterus |
| Species: | K. vitreolus
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| Binomial name | |
| Kryptopterus vitreolus | |
Kryptopterus vitreolus, known commonly as the glass catfish,[1][2] the glass cat, the ghost catfish or the phantom catfish, is a small species of translucent-bodied, social glass catfish in the family Siluridae. It is commonly seen in captivity and in the freshwater aquarium trade, although its official taxonomy is still debatable, and was only truly resolved in 2013.[1] Glass catfish are endemic to Thailand, where they inhabit rivers and streams south of the Isthmus of Kra that drain into the Gulf of Thailand and river basins in the Cardamom Mountains.[1] There are also unconfirmed reports from Penang, Malaysia.[2]
Until 1989, K. vitreolus was considered to be the same as another "glass catfish", Kryptopterus bicirrhis, a larger species that is not commonly seen in captivity.[1] Additionally, K. vitreolus was believed to be the same as K. minor until 2013, when it was established that captive specimens actually represented another species, which is now named as K. vitreolus.[1] The true K. minor, which is restricted to Borneo, has rarely, if ever, entered the aquarium trade.[1]
- ^ a b c d e f g Ng, Heok Hee; Kottelat, Maurice (2013), "After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)", Zootaxa, 3630 (2), Singapore: Raffles Museum of Biodiversity Research, National University of Singapore: 308–16, doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.6, PMID 26131513, Zootaxa: 2013;3630:308-16
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