Kokoda glass perchlet
Encyclopedia
The kokoda glass perchlet (Tetracentrum caudovittatus) is a species of fish
in the Ambassidae
family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea
.
Fish
Fish are a paraphyletic group of organisms that consist of all gill-bearing aquatic vertebrate animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish, as well as various extinct related groups...
in the Ambassidae
Ambassidae
The Asiatic glassfishes are a family, Ambassidae, of freshwater and marine fishes in the order Perciformes. The species in the family are native to the waters of Asia and Oceania and the Indian and western Pacific Oceans. The family includes eight genera and about fifty species.The family was...
family. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea , officially the Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is a country in Oceania, occupying the eastern half of the island of New Guinea and numerous offshore islands...
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Source
- Allen, G. 1996. Tetracentrum caudovittatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 5 August 2007.