/siluriformes/amblycipitidae/amblyceps/improcerum/1.jpg "Amblyceps improcerum")
Lateral view of holotype
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| Scientific Name | Amblyceps improcerum Ng & Kottelat, 2018 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Unnamed creek entering Nam Mun Chaung (stream) from west about 5.5 km upstream of Nam Mun, Kachin State, Myanmar, 24°57'31"N, 96°20'01"E, elevation 254 meters. |
| 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 | Environmental Biology of Fishes v. 101 (no. 3), pp [2], Figs. 1, 2a-b, 3. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2018 Apr 11 09:16 (species record created: 2018 Jan 07 15:43) |