Chaca bankanensis

Chaca bankanensis

Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Superfamily:	Siluroidea
Family:	Chacidae
Genus:	Chaca
Species:	C. bankanensis
Binomial name
*Chaca bankanensis* Bleeker, 1852

Chaca bankanensis is a species of angler catfish found in the Sundaland region,^[1] where it occurs in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, and Thailand. It is found in peat swamps and streams. This species grows to a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in). It is found in the aquarium trade.

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Chaca bankanensis" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

↑ Roberts, Tyson R. (1982). "A Revision of the South and Southeast Asian Angler-Catfishes (Chacidae)". Copeia (American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists) 1982 (4): 895–901. doi:10.2307/1444100. JSTOR 1444100.

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