Parosphromenus kishii | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Anabantiformes |
Family: | Osphronemidae |
Genus: | Parosphromenus |
Species: | P. kishii |
Binomial name | |
Parosphromenus kishii Shi et al., 2021 | |
Parosphromenus kishii is a species of fish in the Osphronemidae family that was recorded as early as 1999, and formally described in 2021. [1] [2]
Parosphromenus kishii can be found in a single river system and swampy forest in the Central Kalimantan province of Indonesia.
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