Kryptopterus

Kryptopterus
Indian glass catfish ( Kryptopterus vitreolus )
Systematics
Overcohort : Clupeocephala Cohort : Otomorpha Sub-cohort : Ostariophysi Order : Catfish (Siluriformes) Family : Real catfish (Siluridae) Genre : Kryptopterus
Scientific name
Kryptopterus
Bleeker , 1858

Kryptopterus is a genus of fish from the family of the real catfish (Siluridae), which includes 19 species found in Southeast Asia. Some ofthese are ofgreat importance as food fishin Indonesia , and the Indian glass catfish in particularis also kept as an aquarium fish.

features

They are small fish, no more than 25 centimeters long. The snout is relatively short and the mouth does not reach the eye. The barbels on the upper jaw are longer than the head, which is usually less than 20% of the standard length. The eye is subcutaneous . The dorsal fin has one or two rays or is absent. The pectoral fins are longer than the head. The pelvic fins have four to eight rays. The caudal fin is forked. The number of Branchiostegal rays is 14 or less, that of the vortices is 61 or less.

Systematics

The genus includes 20 species:

Kryptopterus cryptopterus , the type species of the genus

• Kryptopterus baramensis
• Kryptopterus bicirrhis
• Kryptopterus cheveyi
• Kryptopterus cryptopterus
• Kryptopterus dissitus
• Kryptopterus geminus
• Kryptopterus hesperius
• Kryptopterus lais
• Kryptopterus limpok
• Kryptopterus lumholtzi
• Kryptopterus macrocephalus
• Kryptopterus minor
• Kryptopterus mononema
• Kryptopterus moorei
• Kryptopterus palembangensis
• Kryptopterus paraschil both
• Kryptopterus piperatus
• Kryptopterus sabanus
• Kryptopterus schil both
• Indian glass catfish ( Kryptopterus vitreolus )

swell

• Martin Hochleithner: Catfish (Siluridae) - biology and aquaculture . Aqua Tech Publications, Kitzbühel 2006, ISBN 3-9500968-7-6 , p. 26, 57-59 .
• Heok He 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)
• WJ Rainboth: Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes . Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome 1996 (English).

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Kryptopterus on Fishbase.org (English)

Web links

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