Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim 1995
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Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim, 1995
(Fig. 17)
Parakysis verrucosus Lim & Ng, 1990: 65.
Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim, 1995: 262, fig. 8; Ng & Lim, 1996: 112, fig. 3; 1997: 247; Lim et al., 2008: 150; Baker & Lim, 2012: 157; Kottelat, 2013: 220.
Common name. Little warty catfish.
Status in Singapore. Native, critically endangered, restricted to a few areas.
Status in NSSF. Uncommon, widespread, present in sites 2–7 and 9–11.
Distribution. Malaysia, Indonesia (Pulau Bintan). Singapore: Nee Soon Swamp Forest.
Description. The solitary Parakysis longirostris has a distinctive cryptic coloration comprising of irregular black patches on a brown body. Parakysis longirostris usually reside in thick clumps of vegetation or in leaf litter at the side of a flowing stream (Lim & Ng, 1990; Ng & Lim, 1995). Individuals recorded in this study have a mean standard length of 3.2 ± 0.5 cm (n = 12).
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Biodiversity
- Scientific name authorship
- Ng & Lim
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Akysidae
- Genus
- Parakysis
- Species
- longirostris
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- species
- Taxonomic concept label
- Parakysis longirostris Ng, 1995 sec. Li, Chay, Lim & Cai, 2016
References
- Ng HH & Lim KKP (1995) A revision of the Southeast Asian catfish genus Parakysis (Teleostei: Akysidae), with descriptions of two new species. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 6 (3): 255-266.
- Lim KKP & Ng PKL (1990) A Guide to the Freshwater Fishes of Singapore. Singapore Science Centre, 160 pp.
- Ng PKL & Lim KKP (1996) The freshwater fishes of Singapore. Journal of the Singapore National Academy of Science, 22 - 24: 109-124.
- Lim KKP, Tan HH & Low JKY (2008) Fishes. In: Davison GWH, Ng PKL & Ho HC (2008) The Singapore Red Data Book. Second Edition. Nature Society (Singapore), pp. 213-244.
- Baker N & Lim KKP (2012) Wild Animals of Singapore: A Photographic Guide to Mammals, Reptiles, Amphibians and Freshwater Fishes. Updated Edition. Draco Publishing and Distribution Pte. Ltd. and Nature Society (Singapore), Singapore, 180 pp.
- Kottelat M (2013) The Fishes of the Inland Waters of Southeast Asia: A Catalogue and Core Bibliography of the Fishes Known to Occur in Freshwaters, Mangroves and Estuaries. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, Supplement 27: 1-663.