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Scientific Name	**Leiocassis poeciloptera** (Valenciennes, 1840)
Common Names	Bumble Bee Cat Hummelwels (Germany)
Type Locality	Hebak River, Java, Indonesia.
Pronunciation	Lee eye oh KAH siss
Etymology	Leiocassis: From the Greek leios (smooth) and cassis (helmet); in reference to the covering of skin and muscle on the head of the fish.
Species Information
Size	170mm or 6.7" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The bagrid catfish genus Leiocassis is diagnosed by an elongate narrow head, prominently protruding snout, the origin of the adductor mandibulae extending onto the cranial roof, the prominent anterior process of the hypurapophysis, hypertrophied posterior process of the cleithrum, third pharyngobranchial bearing flanges on posterior and medial surfaces, and the branch of the supraorbital canal leading to the infraorbitals exiting from the frontal (Mo, 1991). The genus is known only from Sundaic Southeast Asia. L. poeciloptera is visually indistinguishable from L. micropogon. Identifying them to species requires that you establish whether the supraoccipital process reaches to the anterior nuchal element (L. poeciloptera) or not (L. micropogon). This is impossible in photographs, although typically L. micropogon appears to be more commonly encountered than L. poeciloptera.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia. Thailand Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indonesian Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Histoire naturelle des poissons v. 14, pp 431.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 08 11:27 (species record created: 2005 Dec 10 00:00)