Akysis
heterurus Ng, 1996
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| Allan
James (3) |
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| Relevant
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Imported
into the U.K. under the name of Parakysis verrucosus.
Akysid catfishes are known from across a large area of Southeast
Asia. Roberts (1989) described them as small to minute fishes with
cryptic colouration, tiny eyes, and completely covered with unculiferous
plaques or tubercles. In some genera some of the tublercles on the
body are enlarged and arranged in distinctive longitudinal rows,
the number of which may be diagnostic. Among akysids, fishes of
the genus Akysis are very small, cryptically coloured species generally
found in fast-flowing streams with a sandy or rocky bottom and,
until recently they have been poorly studied, mainly due to the
paucity of material in museum collections. |
| Common
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None |
| Synonyms: |
None |
| Family: |
Akysidaemblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Batang Hari River basin, eastern Sumatra.
Type locality: Sumatra: Jambi, Sg. Alai at 19.5
km Muara Bungo-Muara Tebo road. |
| Size:
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5-6cm
(2-2½ins) |
| Temp: |
18-22°C
(63-71°F) |
| p.H. |
6.5-7.5. |
| Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J.
Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Ng, H.H. and Siebert D.J. A new
species of the catfish genus Akysis (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from
southern Borneo. Zootaxa 733: 1–8 (2004) |
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