| Family: |
Akysidae (Stream catfishes), subfamily: Akysinae |
| Max. size: |
2.81 cm SL (male/unsexed) |
| Environment: |
demersal; freshwater |
| Distribution: |
Asia: Way Gedongwani, a tributary of Way Sekampung in Sumatra, Indonesia. |
| Diagnosis: |
Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 8-10; Vertebrae: 30-33. 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 with diameter less than that of eye; anterior nostril situated 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 1-3 small serrae (much less than half width of spine); obvious concavity on top of head extending from anterior median fontanel to posterior median fontanel with body ridge along either side formed by medial edges of frontals and supraoccipitals; ridges converge posteriorly at elevated supraoccipital process (Ref. 75761).
Description: Dorsal fin I,4i; Anal fin iii5, iii,5i; iii,6, iii,6i; Pectoral I,6; Pelvic 6 (Ref. 75761). |
| Biology: |
Inhabits gravel-sandy run in a medium-sized turbid river with average width of 40 m (Ref. 75761). |
| IUCN Red List Status: |
Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 29 October 2018 Ref. (130435)
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| Threat to humans: |
harmless |
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