Overview
Family : Ricefishes ;
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Critically Endangered |
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Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Duck-Bill Poso Minnow, Duck-Billed Buntingi, Duckbill Sleeper, Duckbilled Buntingi
Common Names in Finnish:
Nokkamedaka
Common Names in German:
Entenschnabelkärpfling, Entenschnabelkärpfling
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
怪頜鮰
Description
Family Adrianichthyidae
India and Japan to Indo-Australian Archipelago . Lateral line and rostral cartilage absent; paired narial opening; 4-7 branchiostegal rays ; vomer, supracleithrum , metapterygoid, and ectopterygoid absent. There are three subfamilies: Oryziinae, Adrianichthyinae, and Horaichthyinae.The family Adrianichthyidae belongs to the Class Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes ) and the Order Beloniformes. It contains 4 genera and 11 species. It may be found in Brackish , and Freshwater environments and is primarily Secondary freshwater. Members of this family are not used in the aquarium trade. Reproductively, most members of this family are mixed. The main mode of swimming of adult fish in this family is carangiform . This family may be found from 43° n to 10° s and 70° w to 140° e.
Physical Description
Species Adrianichthys kruyti
Males are commonly 11 cm (Standard Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 16 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water . Pelagic .
Ecology:
List of Habitats
:5.5Wetlands (inland) - Permanent Freshwater
Lakes
(over 8ha)
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Bony Fishes
- Class:
Actinopterygii
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Ray-Finned Fishes
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
()
- Order:
Beloniformes
()
- Family:
Adrianichthyidae
()
- Weber, 1913
- Ricefishes
- Subfamily:
Adrianichthyinae
()
- Genus:
Adrianichthys
()
- Weber, 1913
- Specific name:
kruyti
- Weber, 1913
- Scientific name: - Adrianichthys kruyti Weber, 1913
- Specific name:
kruyti
- Weber, 1913
- Genus:
Adrianichthys
(
- Subfamily:
Adrianichthyinae
(
- Family:
Adrianichthyidae
(
- Order:
Beloniformes
(
- Superorder:
Acanthopterygii
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Actinopterygii
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name Status: Accepted Name . Latest taxonomic scrutiny: Group expert : Seegers L., Data last modified by FishBase 15-Aug-1994
Similar Species
Members of the genus Adrianichthys
There are approximately 2 species in this genus:
A. kruyti (Duck-Bill Poso Minnow) · A. roseni (Rosen´s Buntingi)
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Further Reading
- Groombridge, B. (ed.) 1994. 1994 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland.
- Harrison, I.J. and Stiassny, M.L.J. 1999. The Quiet Crisis. A preliminary listing of the freshwater fishes of the world that are Extinct or “Missing in Action". In: R.D.E. MacPhee (ed.) Extinctions in Near Time, pp. 271-331. Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, New York.
- IUCN Conservation Monitoring Centre. 1988. 1988 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- IUCN. 1990. 1990 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland and Cambridge, UK.
- Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
- Seegers, L. (1997). Killifishes of the world: Old world killis I: (Aphyosemion, lampeyes, ricefishes). Aqualog, Verlag: A.C.S. Gmbh, Germany. 160 p.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- FishBase 2006.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 06, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Kottelat, M. 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 18, 2008.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 06, 2007:
- Avian Knowledge Network, Hawk Migration Association of North America - HawkCount
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversity - Fish Collection
- Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles, Museum of Southwestern Biology, Division of Amphibians and Reptiles database
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2486430
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-31764
- Fishbase Species ID: 6261
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 645213
- IUCN ID: 523
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 1406
