/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/anomalopteryx/1.jpg "Parakysis anomalopteryx")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/anomalopteryx/2.jpg "Parakysis anomalopteryx")
Close-up of head
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Parakysis anomalopteryx Roberts, 1989 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Kapuas basin, Sungai Seriang, a forested tributary of the Sungai Palin, 37 kilometers west of Putussibau, Borneo, Indonesia. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 34mm or 1.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Identification | Catfish of the genus Parakysis are cryptically coloured fishes found in small forest streams of Sundaic Southeast Asia. They have a highly rugose skin with tubercles all over the body, branched mandibular barbels, a long, low adipose ridge and a forked caudal fin. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Asia: known only from the Kapuas basin in western Borneo. Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, Western Borneo Waters, Kapuas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Endangered, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Found in small forest streams. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences No. 14, pp 142. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Last Update | 2019 Sep 20 00:23 (species record created: 2006 Dec 22 18:43) |