Akysis pulvinatus
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| Akysis pulvinatus Ng, 2007 |
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.
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.
[edit] References
- Heok Hee Ng (2007). Akysis pulvinatus, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Thailand. Zootaxa 1608: 51-58.
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