Pseudobagarius meridionalis

Pseudobagarius meridionalis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Akysidae
Genus: Pseudobagarius
Species: P. meridionalis
Binomial name
Pseudobagarius meridionalis
(Ng & Siebert, 2004)

Pseudobagarius meridionalis is a species of catfish belonging to the family Akysidae (the stream catfishes). It is only known from the Barito River basin in southern Borneo.[1]

This is a very small catfish, up to 32 mm standard length, with a body dark brown above with a few scattered pale spots and white below, with a strongly projected upper jaw so that the premaxillary teeth are clearly visible even when the mouth is closed.

References

  1. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pseudobagarius meridionalis" in FishBase. April 2013 version.


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