Trichopodus poptae
Trichopodus poptae is a species of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Luciocephalinae, part of the gourami family Osphronemidae.[2] It is distinguished from its congeners by the faint, almost indiscernible patterning on the body apart from the black blotch at the base of the tail.[3] This species is endemic to Kalimantan, the Indonesian part of the island of Borneo.[1]
| Trichopodus poptae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Anabantiformes |
| Family: | Osphronemidae |
| Genus: | Trichopodus |
| Species: | T. poptae |
| Binomial name | |
| Trichopodus poptae | |
Its specific name, poptae, honours the ichthyologist Canna Maria Louise Popta (1860–1929) who was Curator of Reptiles, Amphibians and Fishes at the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historie in Leiden who was one of the earliest workers on Borneo's freshwater fishes and described many of the specimens collected on the trans-Borneo expeditions which took place between 1893 and 1900.[4]
Trichopodus poptae reaches 6.6 cm (2.6 inches) in standard length. It is typically found in streams and ponds in the Barito River drainage.[2]
References
- Low, B.W. (2019). "Trichopodus poptae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T91316394A91316401. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T91316394A91316401.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2006). "Trichopodus poptae" in FishBase. August 2006 version.
- Low, B.W.; Tan, H.H. & Britz, R. (2014). "Trichopodus poptae, a new anabantoid fish from Borneo (Teleostei: Osphronemidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 25 (1): 69–77.
- Christopher Scharpf; Kenneth J. Lazara (21 October 2019). "Order ANABANTIFORMES: Families ANABANTIDAE, HELOSTOMATIDAE, OSPHRONEMIDAE, CHANNIDAE, NANDIDAE, BADIDAE, and PRISTOLEPIDIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 December 2019.