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GBIF·2402266speciesAnimalia41 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderOsteoglossiformes
  4. ›familyNotopteridae
  5. ›genusChitala
Chitala blanci
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Royal Featherback

Chitala blanci (d'Aubenton, 1965)

Also calledKoningsmesvis (nld) · Peixe-faca-real (por) · Pez cuchillo (spa) · nožovec Blankův (ces) · ปลาตองลาย (tha) · ロイヤル・ナイフフィッシュ (jpn) · 白氏鎧弓魚(帝王刀) (zho)

This species is catalogued but little written about: there is no encyclopaedia article for it yet. What the world knows is in its records below and in the literature linked under “In the stacks”.

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

Searching the stacks…

Every page naming Chitala blanci in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2402266.