Biology:Bostrychus microphthalmus
| Bostrychus microphthalmus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Gobiiformes |
| Family: | Butidae |
| Genus: | Bostrychus |
| Species: | B. microphthalmus
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| Binomial name | |
| Bostrychus microphthalmus Hoese & Kottelat, 2005[1]
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Bostrychus microphthalmus is a species of fish from the family Butidae.[1][2][3] It is endemic to Maros karst in southern Sulawesi, Indonesia. It was the first documented cave-dwelling fish in Sulawesi,[1] but since then the brotula Diancistrus typhlops has been described from nearby Muna Island,[4][5] and an additional apparently undescribed eleotrid is known from Sulawesi's Maros karst.[6]
The specific name of B. microphthalmus refers to the small eyes of this fish.[2]
Description
Bostrychus microphthalmus grow to 7.5 cm (3.0 in) SL. The head is flat on top and the trunk region is elongate. It differs from other Bostrychus species by having reduced eyes covered with skin and reduced head canal development, body pigment, and head squamation.[1][2]
Habitat
The species is a cave dweller that is usually found in backwaters, lying on clay bottom.[1][2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Hoese, D.F.; Kottelat, M. (2005). "Bostrychus microphthalmus, a new microphthalmic cavefish from Sulawesi (Teleostei: Gobiidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 16 (2): 183–191. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief16_2_05.pdf.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Bostrychus microphthalmus" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ↑ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Bostrychus microphthalmus". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?spid=68601.
- ↑ Laurent Pouyaud; Kadarusman; Renny K. Hadiaty; Jacques Slembrouck; Napoleon Lemauk; Ruby V. Kusumah; Philippe Keith (2012). "Oxyeleotris colasi (Teleostei: Eleotridae), a new blind cave fish from Lengguru in West Papua, Indonesia". Cybium 36 (4): 521–529. doi:10.26028/cybium/2012-364-004.
- ↑ Jørgen G. Nielsen; Werner Schwarzhans; Renny Kurnia Hadiaty (2009). "A blind, new species of Diancistrus (Teleostei, Bythitidae) from three caves on Muna Island, southeast of Sulawesi, Indonesia". Cybium 33 (3): 241–245. doi:10.26028/cybium/2009-333-007.
- ↑ Saturi, O.S. (31 May 2012). "Ikan, Kepiting dan Udang Buta Penghuni Karst Maros". Mongabay-Indonesia. http://www.mongabay.co.id/2012/05/31/ikan-kepiting-dan-udang-buta-penghuni-karst-maros/.
Wikidata ☰ Q6428365 entry
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