Nanobagrus

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Nanobagrus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Nanobagrus
T. P. Mo, 1991
Type species
Akysis armatus
Vaillant, 1902

Nanobagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in Southeast Asia. All species are quite small fish.

Species

There are currently seven described species in this genus: [1]

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Nanobagrus". FishBase . December 2011 version.
  2. Ng (2010). "A new species of miniature catfish from the Malay Peninsula (Teleostei: Bagridae: Nanobagrus)" (PDF). Zootaxa . 2677: 60–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2677.1.6.