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Pseudobagarius subtilis (Ng & Kottelat, 1998)

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Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Anal soft rays: 9; Vertebrae: 35 - 36. Distinguished from all its congeners by the following unique combination of characters: slender body (body depth at anus 11.9-13.5% SL); depth of caudal peduncle 5.5-5.8% SL; extremely narrow head ( head width 17.5-18.7% SL); small and close set-eyes (eye diameter 7-9% HL; interorbital distance 33-38% HL); short nasal barbels (23-30% HL); possession of 35-36 total vertebrae; presence of 1+ 3 gill rakers on the first branchial arch; 5-6 serrae on the posterior edge of the pectoral spine; 8 branchiostegal rays; caudal fin strongly forked with pointed lobes (Ref. 30226). Colouration: Body brown with 2 dark patches along dorsum at base of dorsal and adipose fins. Remarks: This species was described as a species of Akysis in the A. pseudobagarius group from the Mekong River in northeastern Thailand (Ng and Kottelat 1998). Ferraris (2007) subsequently assigned this species and all other members of the A. pseudobagarius group to the genus Pseudobagarius.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Akysis subtilis

Family:

Akysidae

Distribution:

Asia: Known only from the Mekong basin in Laos and Thailand.

Size:

4.0cm (1¾ins)

Temp:

p.H.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Ng, H.H. 2012. Pseudobagarius subtilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 1998. The catfish genus Akysis Bleeker (Teleostei: Akysidae) in Indochina, with descriptions of six new species. J. Nat. Hist. 32:1057-1097.

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Pseudobagarius subtilis

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