Biology:Fangfangia

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Fangfangia is a monospecific genus of freshwater ray-finned fish belonging to the family Sundadanionidae, the tiny danios.[1] The only species in the genus is Fangfangia spinicleithralis a species endemic to Indonesia where it is found in the peat swamp forests of Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo. The genus name Fangfangia honors the Chinese-Swedish ichthyologist Fang Fang Kullander, who specialized in the study of cyprinid fishes.[2]

References

  1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron; van der Laan, Richard, eds. "Genera in the family Sundadanionidae". California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatget.asp?tbl=genus&family=Sundadanionidae. 
  2. Britz, R.; Kottelat, M.; Tan, H.H. (2011). "Fangfangia spinicleithralis, a new genus and species of miniature cyprinid from Kalimantan Tengah, Borneo, Indonesia (Teleostei: Cypriniformes: Cyprinidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 22 (4): 327–335. 

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