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Two new species of fish found in Vietnam
Update 11/21/2008

VietNamNet Bridge – Scientists have discovered in the Central Highlands and the central province of Quang Nam two new species of Glyptothorax, raising the number to 12 in Vietnam and 73 in the world.

The two new species of Glyptothorax belong to the Sisoridae family and they were discovered by Heok Hee Ng from Singapore National University and Joerg Frevhof from the Leibniz Research Institute, Germany. The discovery was announced in an international magazine, Zootaxa 1873.

 

 

Glyptothorax filicatus was found in estuaries of the Mekong River in the Central Highlands while Glyptothorax strabonis was discovered in the Giang River in Dong Giang district, Quang Nam province.

 

The two new species of fish are less than 10cm long.

 

(Source: vietnamnet)