Macrotrema caligans

Macrotrema caligans is a species of swamp eel native to Peninsular Malaysia and the Mae Nam Chao Praya basin in Thailand. The male guards a nest in a burrow.[1] This species is the only known member of its genus.[2]

Macrotrema caligans
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Synbranchiformes
Family: Synbranchidae
Subfamily: Macrotreminae
Rosen & Greenwood, 1976
Genus: Macrotrema
Regan, 1912
Species:
M. caligans
Binomial name
Macrotrema caligans
(Cantor, 1849)
Synonyms[1]

Symbranchus caligans Cantor, 1849

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Macrpttrema caligans" in FishBase. August 2019 version.
  2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Macrotrema". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 11 November 2019.


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