Trigonopoma gracile

Trigonopoma gracile is a species of cyprinid fish found in Indonesia and Malaysia.

Trigonopoma gracile
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Cypriniformes
Family: Cyprinidae
Subfamily: Danioninae
Genus: Trigonopoma
Species:
T. gracile
Binomial name
Trigonopoma gracile
(Kottelat, 1991)
Trigonopoma gracile, This photo was taken by Worakarn RUNGPRASERT, M.D. in Narathiwat, Thailand.

Description

Differs from all of its congeners by the following combination of characters: lateral line incomplete to absent, perforating 0-6 scales; 29-32 scales along normal course of lateral line; a conspicuous black (bluish black in life) lateral stripe from tip of snout to extremity of median caudal rays; body slender, its depth 4.4-4.8 times in SL (4.0-5.1); caudal peduncle slender than all other Rasbora, its depth 2.3-2.8 times in its length (2.3-3.3); and long and pointed dorsal and anal fins.[1]

References

  1. "Trigonopoma gracile". FishBase. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
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