Akysis pulvinatus

Taxobox
name = "Akysis pulvinatus"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Akysidae
subfamilia = Akysinae
genus = "Akysis"
species = "A. pulvinatus"
binomial = "Akysis pulvinatus"
binomial_authority = Ng, 2007

"Akysis pulvinatus" is a species of stream catfish. It is only known from the western half of the Kra Isthmus (i.e. in streams flowing into the Andaman Sea) in southern Thailand.

This is a small catfish, none of the type specimens exceeding 30 mm standard length. Like most "Akysis spp" it is brown with yellowish patches but can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including a yellowish snout, an adipose fin with a long base, a relatively deep caudal peduncle and a forked caudal fin with the lower lobe longer than the upper.

References

*cite journal |quotes=no |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01608p058.pdf |title="Akysis pulvinatus", a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Akysidae) from southern Thailand |journal=Zootaxa |volume=1608 |year=2007 |author=Heok Hee Ng |pages=51-58