Acantopsis spectabilis

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Acantopsis spectabilis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cobitidae
Genus: Acantopsis
Species:
A. spectabilis
Binomial name
Acantopsis spectabilis
(Blyth, 1860)

Acantopsis spectabilis is a species of fish found in Thailand. The species is known from the Irrawaddy River and Salween River in Thailand and Myanmar and possibly the Chindwin River. There are no known conservation actions and the species is thought to be threatened by planned dams on the rivers it inhabits. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Allen, D. 2012. Acantopsis spectabilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 04 May 2015.