Species of fish
Phallostethus dunckeri is a species of fish in the family Phallostethidae . It is endemic to Malaysia .
Environment
Phallostethus dunckeri is recorded to be found in a freshwater environment within a pelagic depth range. This species is native to a tropical climate.[ 2] [ 1]
Distribution
Phallostethus dunckeri is native to the areas of Asia and Malaysia.[ 2]
Biology
The eggs of Phallostethus dunckeri are fertilised internally and then after laying they are attached to the substrate by adhesive filaments.[ 3]
Taxonomy and naming
Phallostethus dunckeri is the type species of the genus Phallostethus .[ 4] It was described by Charles Tate Regan in 1913 with a type locality of the Muar River , Johor in Malaysia.[ 5] Regan honoured the German ichthyologist Georg Duncker (1870–1953) of the Zoologisches Museum Hamburg , Duncker initially wrote about this species in 1904 but he was too busy to write a description so he passed some of his specimens on to Regan for him to describe.[ 6]
References
^ a b Daniels, A. (2020). "Phallostethus dunckeri " . IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 : e.T16870A90985711. doi :10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T16870A90985711.en . Retrieved 14 November 2021 .
^ a b Froese, Rainer ; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Phallostethus dunckeri " . FishBase . April 2019 version.
^ "Phallostethus dunckeri" . Encyclopedia Of Life. Retrieved 27 September 2013 .
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phallostethus " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 July 2019 .
^ Eschmeyer, William N. ; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Phallostethus dunckeri " . Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 14 July 2019 .
^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (14 March 2019). "Order ATHERINIFORMES: Families BEDOTIIDAE, MELANOTAENIIDAE, PSEUDOMUGILIDAE, TELMATHERINIDAE, ISONIDAE, DENTATHERINIDAE and PHALLOSTETHIDAE" . The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database . Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 14 July 2019 .