Ellopostoma megalomycter
| Ellopostoma megalomycter | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Cypriniformes |
| Family: | Ellopostomatidae |
| Genus: | Ellopostoma |
| Species: | E. megalomycter
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| Binomial name | |
| Ellopostoma megalomycter (Vaillant, 1902)
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Ellopostoma megalomycter is a species of freshwater ray-finned fish, a loach, belonging to the family Ellopostomatidae, the square-head loaches. This species is known only from Borneo where it is only found in the Kapuas River system in West Kalimantan in Indonesia. Here it lives in fast flowing rivers, feeding on small invertebrates, algae and detritus from the streambed.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Ahmad, A.B. (2020). "Ellopostoma megalomycter". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T43114861A91601675. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T43114861A91601675.en. Retrieved 27 November 2024.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Ellopostoma megalomycter". FishBase. October 2024 version.