Ng, HH, P Pawangkhanant & C Suwannapoom, 2022. Plugging the gap: description of a new Akysis species represents a new record of the genus from the Mae Klong drainage in western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Akysidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters doi:10.23788/IEF-1186.
Abstract
A new species of sisoroid catfish in the genus Akysis is described from the Mae Klong drainage in western Thailand, marking the first record of this genus there. , new species, can be distinguished from congeners in having the adipose fin preceded by a long, low ridge contacting the base of the last dorsal-fin ray and a colour pattern of a light brown body with a chocolate brown reticulate pattern on its sides.
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