/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/verrucosus/1.jpg "Parakysis verrucosus")
/siluriformes/akysidae/parakysis/verrucosus/2.jpg "Parakysis verrucosus")
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 All Fishes Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Parakysis verrucosus Herre, 1940 |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Mawai District, Johore, Malaysia. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 50mm or 2" 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: Malaysia and Indonesia. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indonesian Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Vulnerable , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2018. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Furniture | Found in peat streams with dense leaf litter. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Bulletin of the Raffles Museum No. 16, pp 12, Pl. 6. |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
| Forum BBCode | |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.29.110.589 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2006 Dec 27 09:10) |