Pseudomystus tuberosus
Pseudomystus tuberosus Ng & Tan, 2024

Family:  Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Max. size:  9.3 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: Malaysia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 7-7; Anal soft rays: 10-11; Vertebrae: 43-44. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: strongly humped dorsal profile; head and flanks covered with rounded tubercles; eye diameter 8% HL; head width 18.5-19.7% SL; head depth 15.8-16.0% SL; 12-14 rakers on first gill arch; posttemporal process indistinct and not as long as postcleithral process; dorsal margin of postcleithral process slightly concave; length of pectoral-fin spine 15.4-16.7% SL; 17-18 serrations on posterior margin of pectoral spine; length of dorsal-fin spine 18.5-22.4% SL; body depth at anus 14.2-16.0% SL; length of adipose-fin base 23.3-26.1% SL; posterior insertion of adipose fin separate from dorsal procurrent caudal-fin rays; caudal peduncle depth 5.5-6.0% SL; absence of tubular extensions of laterosensory canals on body; dark-colored body with pale patches on flanks; caudal fin without dark submarginal longitudinal band running along both lobes; 43-44 vertebrae (Ref. 133079).
Biology: 
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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