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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Akysidae (Stream catfishes) > Akysinae
Etymology: Akysis: Derived from Greek, a = without + Greek, kysthos = bladder (Ref. 45335); galeatus: Specific name from the Latin galeatus (helmeted), in reference to the the body ridges on the head.

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Freshwater; demersal. Tropical

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Asia: Way Gedongwani, a tributary of Way Sekampung in Sumatra, Indonesia.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.8 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 75761)

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 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).

Inhabits gravel-sandy run in a medium-sized turbid river with average width of 40 m (Ref. 75761).

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Page, L.M., R.K. Hadiaty, J.A. López, I. Rachmatika and R.H. Robins, 2007. Two new species of the Akysis variegatus species group (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from Southern Sumatra and a redescription of Akysis variegatus Bleeker, 1846. Copeia 2007(2):292-303. (Ref. 75761)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-1)

Data deficient (DD) ; Date assessed: 29 October 2018

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Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00389 (0.00180 - 0.00842), b=3.12 (2.94 - 3.30), in cm total length, based on all LWR estimates for this body shape (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.3 ±0.5 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Akysis galeatus Page, Rachmatika & Robins, 2007