Parakysis notialis Ng & Kottelat, 2003 |
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photo by
Ng, H.H. |
Family: | Akysidae (Stream catfishes), subfamily: Parakysinae | |||
Max. size: | 2.01 cm SL (male/unsexed) | |||
Environment: | demersal; freshwater | |||
Distribution: | Asia: known only from the Barito River drainage, southern Borneo. | |||
Diagnosis: | Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3-3; Anal spines: 0-0; Anal soft rays: 8-9; Vertebrae: 30-31. Head length 26.5-27% SL; conical head; presence of median concavity on margin of lower lip; presence of laterosensory canal pore between inner and outer mandibular barbels, branched outer mandibular barbels, branches of inner mandibular barbels separated; deeply forked caudal fin with pointed lobes; 10 branched principal caudal fin rays; sparsely pigmented caudal fin; absence of light brown saddle from base of posteriormost dorsal fin ray to caudal peduncle (Ref. 50510). | |||
Biology: | ||||
IUCN Red List Status: | Critically Endangered (CR); Date assessed: 01 September 2018 (B2ab(iii)) Ref. (130435) | |||
Threat to humans: | harmless |