- Kryptopterus cryptopterus
Taxobox
name = "Kryptopterus cryptopterus"
image_width = 250px
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo =Siluriformes
familia =Siluridae
genus = "Kryptopterus "
species = ""'K. cryptopterus"
binomial = "Kryptopterus cryptopterus"
binomial_authority = Bleeker, 1851"Kryptopterus cryptopterus" is a species of
catfish , the type species of the genus "Kryptopterus ". It can be distinguished from all its congeners, with the exception of the newly split "Kryptopterus geminus ", by the almost flat dorsal profile with no concavity behind the head.This distinctively shaped, translucent fish is found in peninsular
Malaysia ,Borneo andSumatra . Specimens fromCambodia ,Laos ,Thailand andVietnam previously assigned to this species are now recognized as a separate species, "K. geminus". "K. cryptopterus" can be distinguished from this close relative by its broader head, shorter snout, shorteranal fin and eyes located much more ventrally.References
* [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2003f/zt00305.pdf "Kryptopterus geminus", a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland Southeast Asia H.H. NG]
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