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Kryptopterus schilbeides (Bleeker, 1858)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 0; Dorsal soft rays (total): 0 0. No dorsal fin; with a narrow pink mid-lateral stripe; vomerine teeth in 2 patches, 1 on each side of midline. Habitat: Inhabits rivers, canals, ditches and swamps. Moves into flooded forests during high water periods and returns to rivers in November where they remain common at least until March. Diet: Feeds on small fishes, prawns and insect larvae.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Cryptopterus schilbeides, Hemisilurus schilbeides

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Lower Mekong River to Indonesia, in rivers, canals, ditches and swamps. Type locality: Palembang, Sumatra; Bandjermassin, Borneo.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2011).
Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.

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Kryptopterus schilbeides
From Palangkaraya, Central Borneo

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