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Ghost Glass Catfish

The glass catfish has many names including ghost catfish or phantom catfish.

Ghost glass catfish. These more aggressive catfish are no longer popular among the aquarium hobbyists and have now become quite rare in the aquarium trade. Initially the most popular species of this family was known as the kryptopterus bicirrhis. All of these are common names that apply to several different species of skeleton catfish.

They have a transparent body that allows you to see their bones and internal body organs. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia kryptopterus vitreolus known in the aquarium trade traditionally as the glass catfish and also as the ghost catfish or phantom catfish is a small species of asian glass catfish. They are also known as glass catfish or phantom catfish.

Sharing various common names with other species of skeleton catfish the glass catfish is also known as the phantom catfish and the ghost catfish. It is commonly seen in the freshwater aquarium trade but its taxonomy is confusing and was only fully resolved in 2013.