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| Scientific Name | Amblyceps yunnanense Zhang, Long, Xiao & Chen, 2016 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Downstream of the Mengnai River, tributary of the Upper Irrawaddy, Nabang Township, Yingjiang County, Yunnan Province, China, 24°42'54.54"N, 97°34'06.44"E, elevation 247 meters. |
| Synonym(s) | Amblyceps yunnanensis |
| Pronunciation | AHM bli seps |
| Etymology | From the Greek amblys, meaning blunt and kephale, meaning head; in reference to the blunt snout. |
| Species Information | |
| Identification | The catfish genus Amblyceps is characteristic in having the epiphyseal commissure of the supraorbital sensory canals immediately anterior to, and not passing through the epiphyseal bar; the anterior cranial fontanelle narrowing abruptly along its posterior end offering epiphyseal commisure bony support from frontal; the fifth ceratobranchial expanding medially at its posterior tip; pinnatelike rays along anterior margin of the procurrent and medial caudal-fin rays; a transverse crest along entire posterior margin of roof of supraoccipital and pterotic; the lateroposterior process of horizontal lamina of urohyal short or vestigial,shorter than the horizontal lamina; the upper hypurals fused with compound centrum; the anterior nostril situated immediately anterior to the base of the nasal barbel; and both lips with double folds. It is also characteristic in having a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine. |
| Habitat Information | |
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| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Readily eats all manner of live and prepared foods. User data. |
| Suggested Tankmates | Other associated fish collected belongs to genus Devario,Danio, Opsarius, Garra, Rasbora, Aborichthys, Schistura, Olyra and Batasio. |
| Breeding | Unreported in the aquarium. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Folia Zoologica: international journal of vertebrate zoology. v. 65 (no. 2), pp 82, Fig. 1. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2016 Nov 22 16:20) |