Kryptopterus
Kryptopterus cryptopterus
Kryptopterus is a genus of fish belonging to the family of the Real catfish ( Siluridae ), which includes 19 species occurring in South East Asia. These have in Indonesia partly as a food fish are of great significance to the Indian Glass Catfish is also kept as an aquarium fish.
Features
They are small, a maximum of about 25 centimeters long fish. The muzzle is relatively short and the mouth does not reach the eye. The barbels on the upper jaw is longer than the head, which accounts for usually less than 20% of standard length. The eye is subcutaneously. The dorsal fin has one or two rays or missing. The pectoral fins are longer than the head. The pelvic fins have four to eight rays. The caudal fin is forked. The number of Branchiostegalstrahlen is 14 or less, the. Vertebrae in the 61 or less
System
The genus includes 20 species:
- Kryptopterus baramensis
- Kryptopterus bicirrhis
- Kryptopterus cheveyi
- Kryptopterus cryptopterus
- Kryptopterus dissitus
- Kryptopterus geminus
- Kryptopterus hesperius
- Kryptopterus relay
- Kryptopterus limpok
- Kryptopterus lumholtzi
- Kryptopterus macrocephalus
- Kryptopterus minor
- Kryptopterus mononema
- Kryptopterus moorei
- Kryptopterus palembangensis
- Kryptopterus paraschilbeides
- Kryptopterus piperatus
- Kryptopterus sabanus
- Kryptopterus schilbeides
- Indian Glass Catfish ( Kryptopterus vitreolus )
Swell
- Martin Hochleithner: catfish ( Siluridae ) - Biology and Aquaculture. Aqua Tech Publications, Kitzbühel 2006, ISBN 3-9500968-7-6, pp. 26, 57-59.
- He Heok Ng & Maurice Kottelat: After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish ( Teleostei: Siluridae ). Copyright © 2013 Magnolia Press, Zootaxa 3630 (2): 308-316, ISSN 1175-5326 (print edition ) ISSN 1175-5334 (online edition)
- W. J. Rain Both: Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome 1996.