Trigonostigma somphongsi

Trigonostigma somphongsi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cyprinoidei

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Cypriniformes Subordo: Cyprinoidei

Familia: Danionidae
Subfamilia: Rasborinae
Genus: Trigonostigma
Species: Trigonostigma somphongsi

Name

Trigonostigma somphongsi (Meinken, 1958)

Lectotype: whereabouts unknown. Paralectotypes: (3) ?ZMH H1190 (3), ZSM 10155 (1). Type catalogs: Wilkens 1977:158 and Neumann 2011:256.

Type locality: Chao Phraya drainage, Thailand.

Etymology: Its specific epithet honors Somphong Lekaree of an aquarium export company in Thailand who first purchased the catch and sent them out for identification.

Synonyms

• Rasbora somphongsi Meinken, 1958
• Barbus somphongsi Meinken, 1958

References

Primary references

• Meinken, H. 1958. Mitteilungen der Fischbestimmungsstelle des VDA. XXIX. Rasbora somphongsi eine neue Zwergrasbora. Die Aquarien- und Terrarienzeitschrift (DATZ) 11(3): 67–69. Reference page. 
• Wilkens, H. 1977. Die Typen der Ichthyologischen Sammlung des Zoologischen Instituts und Zoologischen Museums der Universität Hamburg (ZMH). Theil III. Mitteilungen aus dem Hamburgischen Zoologischen Museum und Institut 74: 155–163. Reference page. 
• Neumann, D. 2011. Type catalogue of the ichthyological collection of the Zoologische Staatssammlung München. Part II. Fish types inventoried after 25 April 1944. Spixiana (München) 34(2): 231–286. (PDF) Reference page. 

Links

• Rasbora somphongsi in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version, accessed on May 14, 2017.
• Trigonostigma somphongsi – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• Trigonostigma somphongsi in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.
• Riehl, R. & Baensch., H. 1996. Aquarium Atlas vol. 3, pp. 260. Tetra Press. ISBN 1-56465-185-1 (USA), ISBN 3-88244-053-8 (International).

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Vernacular names

English: Somphong’s rasbora
ไทย: ปลาซิวสมพงษ์