Royal knifefish

Royal knifefish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Osteoglossiformes
Family: Notopteridae
Genus: Chitala
Species: C. blanci
Binomial name
Chitala blanci
(d'Aubenton, 1965)

The royal knifefish or Indochina featherback, Chitala blanci, is a species of fish in the Notopteridae family found in the Mekong basin in Cambodia, Laos, Thailand and Vietnam.[1]

In the aquarium

The royal knifefish, often sold as the royal clown knifefish, is occasionally sold in the aquarium trade.

References

  1. Kottelat, M. 1996. Chitala blanci. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Archived 27 June 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Downloaded on 4 August 2007.


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