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Phallostethus dunckeri
Species of fish From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Phallostethus dunckeri is a species of fish in the family Phallostethidae. It is endemic to Malaysia.
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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]
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