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Parakysis longirostris Ng & Lim 1995

Description

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).

Notes

Published as part of Li, Tianjiao, Chay, Chee Kin, Lim, Wei Hao & Cai, Yixiong, 2016, The fish fauna of Nee Soon Swamp Forest, Singapore, pp. 56-84 in Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 32 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20251249

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Ng & Lim
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Akysidae
Genus
Parakysis
Species
longirostris
Taxon rank
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.