/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/verrucosus/1.jpg "Parakysis verrucosus")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/verrucosus/2.jpg "Parakysis verrucosus")
Close-up of head
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Parakysis verrucosus Herre, 1940 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mawai District, Johore, Malaysia. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 50mm or 2" 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: Malaysia and Indonesia. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Found in peat streams with dense leaf litter. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 16, pp 12, Pl. 6. |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.29.110.589 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2006 Dec 27 09:10) |