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Scientific Name	**Parakysis anomalopteryx** Roberts, 1989
Common Name
Type Locality	Kapuas basin, Sungai Seriang, a forested tributary of the Sungai Palin, 37 kilometers west of Putussibau, Borneo, Indonesia.
Species Information
Size	34mm or 1.3" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: known only from the Kapuas basin in western Borneo. Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, Western Borneo Waters, Kapuas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Found in small forest streams.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Memoirs of the California Academy of Sciences No. 14, pp 142.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2006 Dec 22 18:43)