Chitala lopis
Chitala lopis,[2] locally known as the belido, is an extinct species of freshwater fish, formerly endemic to the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It inhabited lowland river mainstreams and tributaries with rocky and sunken wood bottoms, as well as forest-covered streams. It fed on smaller fishes, insects and vertebrates, mostly at night. It is now considered extinct.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Osteoglossiformes |
| Family: | Notopteridae |
| Genus: | Chitala |
| Species: | †C. lopis |
| Binomial name | |
| †Chitala lopis Bleeker, 1851 | |
References
- Ng, H.H. (2020). "Chitala lopis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T157719927A89815479. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T157719927A89815479.en. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2022). "Chitala lopis" in FishBase. 3 2022 version.
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