The Kutubu hardyhead (Craterocephalus lacustris) is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae. It is endemic to Lake Kutubu and its outlet, the Soro River, in the Kikori River system, Papua New Guinea. Within its range this species is extremely abundant and large schools may be formed in the shallow margins of the lake, both in open water and among the aquatic vegetation.[2] This species was described by Ethelwynn Trewavas in 1940.[3]
kutubu, hardyhead, craterocephalus, lacustris, species, fish, family, atherinidae, endemic, lake, kutubu, outlet, soro, river, kikori, river, system, papua, guinea, within, range, this, species, extremely, abundant, large, schools, formed, shallow, margins, la. The Kutubu hardyhead Craterocephalus lacustris is a species of fish in the family Atherinidae It is endemic to Lake Kutubu and its outlet the Soro River in the Kikori River system Papua New Guinea Within its range this species is extremely abundant and large schools may be formed in the shallow margins of the lake both in open water and among the aquatic vegetation 2 This species was described by Ethelwynn Trewavas in 1940 3 Kutubu hardyhead Conservation status Endangered IUCN 3 1 1 Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Class Actinopterygii Order Atheriniformes Family Atherinidae Genus Craterocephalus Species C lacustris Binomial name Craterocephalus lacustrisTrewavas 1940References edit Allen G R Hoese D Kolkolo U Larson H Mungkaje A 2020 Craterocephalus lacustris IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020 e T5494A147521402 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2020 3 RLTS T5494A147521402 en Retrieved 15 November 2021 Froese Rainer Pauly Daniel eds 2019 Craterocephalus lacustris in FishBase April 2019 version Eschmeyer William N Fricke Ron amp van der Laan Richard eds Craterocephalus lacustris Catalog of Fishes California Academy of Sciences Retrieved 22 July 2019 nbsp This Atheriniformes article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Kutubu hardyhead amp oldid 1055436349, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
