Fangfangia

Fangfangia
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Cypriniformes
Family:	Sundadanionidae
Genus:	Fangfangia 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

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. 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.