Parakysis

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Parakysis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Akysidae
Subfamily: Parakysinae
Genus: Parakysis
Herre, 1940
Type species
Parakysis verrucosa
Herre, 1940
Binomial name

Parakysis anomalopteryx
Roberts, 1989
Parakysis grandis
Ng & Lim, 1995
Parakysis longirostris
Ng & Lim, 1995
Parakysis notialis
Ng & Kottelat, 2003
Parakysis verrucosus
Herre, 1940

Parakysis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Akysidae. It includes five species, P. anomalopteryx, P. grandis, P. longirostris, P. notialis, and P. verrucosus.[1][2]

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[edit] Distribution

Parakysis species are found in small forest streams of Sundaic Southeast Asia.[1] P. anomalopteryx originates from the Kapuas River basin in western Borneo. P. grandis inhabits the Kapuas and Kuching River basins in Borneo and Deli, Indragiri, and Batang Hari basins in Sumatra. P. longirostris is distributed in Singapore, peninsular Malaysia, and the Riau Archipelago. P. verrucosus is known from Peninsular Malaysia and the Riau Archipelago.[2] The discovery of P. notialis in 2003 expanded the known range of Parakysis species to the Barito River basin in southern Borneo.[1]

[edit] Description

They are cryptically colored fishes that have a highly rugose skin with tubercles all over the body, branched mandibular barbels, a long, low adipose ridge, and a forked caudal fin.[1] Parakysis species characteristically have pigmented tubercles and lateral lobes of the lower lip. They are also distinguished from Akysis by well-developed barbels, absence of teeth on the palatine, non-serrated pectoral and dorsal spines, and the apparent absent of the lateral line.[3] They range in size from 2.0–6.2 centimetres (.8–2.4 in) SL.[4][5][6][7][8]

[edit] Ecology

P. anomalopteryx is found in small forest streams.[4] P. longirostris is nocturnal and occurs in clumps of vegetation in streams with flowing waters. It is sympatric with P. verrucosus.[6] P. verrucosus is found in primary peat streams with dense litter falls.[8]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d Ng, Heok Hee; Kottelat, Maurice (2003). "Parakysis notialis, a new species of akysid catfish from Borneo (Siluriformes: Akysidae)". Ichthyol Res 50: 48–51. doi:10.1007/s102280300006. 
  2. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  3. ^ Vishwanath, W.; Linthoingambi, I.; Juliana, L.. "Fishes of the Genus Akysis Bleeker from India (Teleostei: Akysidae)" (PDF). Zoos' Print Journal 22 (5): 2675–2678. 
  4. ^ a b "Parakysis anomalopteryx". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  5. ^ "Parakysis grandis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  6. ^ a b "Parakysis longirostrkis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  7. ^ "Parakysis notialis". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
  8. ^ a b "Parakysis verrucosus". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. July 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.