| Akysidae (Stream catfishes), subfamily: Akysinae |
| 3.2 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
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demersal; freshwater |
| Asia: known only from Way Seputih in Sumatra, Indonesia. |
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Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 9-10; Vertebrae: 31-32. Diagnosed by the following characters: space between anterior nostril and base of nasal barbel about equal to nostril diameter; anterior and posterior nostrils relatively small (diameter less than that of eye); anterior nostril located at end of short tube; jaws subequal (lip of upper jaw projecting past lower jaw); caudal fin emarginate (not strongly forked); eye dorsolateral, not protruding above head when viewed from side; large depression below eye; posterior edge of pectoral spine with three small serrae (much less than half width of spine); and top
of head flat, lacking conspicuous concavity and bony ridges (Ref. 75761).
Description: Dorsal fin I,4i; Anal fin iii6, iii7; Pectoral I,6; Pelvic 6 (Ref. 75761). |
| Inhabits small patch of vegetation in a sandy run in a sand- and gravel-bottomed, clear river with an average width of about 30 m (Ref. 75761). |
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Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 01 September 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| harmless |
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