Akysis pulvinatus
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Akysis pulvinatus is a species of stream catfish. It is only known from the western half of the Kra Isthmus (i.e. in streams flowing into the Andaman Sea) in southern Thailand.[1][3]
This is a small catfish, none of the type specimens exceeding 30 mm standard length. Like most Akysis spp. it is brown with yellowish patches but can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including a yellowish snout, an adipose fin with a long base, a relatively deep caudal peduncle and a forked caudal fin with the lower lobe longer than the upper.[2] Not much is known about the species including population, threats and conservations actions except that it may be caught as bycatch in artisanal fisheries.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2012.2
- ^ a b Heok Hee Ng (2007). "Akysis pulvinatus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Thailand" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1608: 51–58.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Akysis pulvinatus" in FishBase. April 2013 version.
External links
- "Akysis pulvinatus Ng, 2007". PlanetCatfish.
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