 Summary of parakysis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Identification | Catfish of the genus Parakysis are cryptically coloured fishes found in small forest streams of Sundaic Southeast Asia. They have a highly rugose skin with tubercles all over the body, branched mandibular barbels, a long, low adipose ridge and a forked caudal fin. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 20mm, largest 62mm, average 40mm, most commonly 46mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 6 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/anomalopteryx/1.jpg "Parakysis anomalopteryx - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/grandis/1.jpg "Parakysis grandis - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/hystriculus/1.jpg "Parakysis hystriculus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/longirostris/1.jpg "Parakysis longirostris - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/notialis/1.jpg "Parakysis notialis - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/verrucosus/1.jpg "Parakysis verrucosus - Click for species page")