/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/grandis/1.jpg "Parakysis grandis")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/grandis/2.jpg "Parakysis grandis")
Close-up of head
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Parakysis grandis Ng & Lim, 1995 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Small stream with grassy banks near Pangkalankasai, 43 kilometers south of Rengat, Riau Province, Sumatra, Indonesia. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 62mm or 2.4" 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: Indonesia and Borneo. Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Data Deficient , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 6 (no. 3), pp 260, Fig. 7. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.29.110.583 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2006 Dec 22 18:59) |