Encheloclarias velatus

Taxobox
name = "Encheloclarias velatus"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Clariidae
genus = "Encheloclarias"
species = "E. velatus"
binomial = "Encheloclarias velatus"
binomial_authority = Ng & Tan, 2000

"Encheloclarias velatus" is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) of the Clariidae.

"E. velatus" is only known from the Batang Hari drainage in central Sumatra, and Binton.

"E. velatus" differs from the other members of the genus "Encheloclarias" in that the anal fin and caudal fin are only confluent at the base, in meristics, and morphometrics.cite journal|title=A new species of "Encheloclarias" from Sumatra|first=H. H.|last=Ng|coauthors=Tan, H. H.|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=2000|volume=57|pages=536–539] The dorsal surface of the head and body are uniformly very dark grey, fading to a paler colour on ventral surfaces. The adipose fin is very dark grey with a hyaline margin. The fin rays of all the other fins are dusky, with hyaline inter-radial membranes.

The specific name "velatus" is from the Latin "velatus" meaning "concealed", referring to the fact that this is the first species of "Encheloclarias" found on Sumatra after 150 years of ichthyological exploration, and the secretive nature of this species.

References