Pterocryptis vorax Ng, Kahar & Tan, 2025
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Pterocryptis: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Greek, kryptos = hidden (Ref. 45335); vorax: Name 'vorax' from the Latin word meaning 'swallowing greedily' or 'devouring', in allusion to the wider gape of this species compared to its congener.
Etymology: Pterocryptis: Greek, pteron = wing, fin + Greek, kryptos = hidden (Ref. 45335); vorax: Name 'vorax' from the Latin word meaning 'swallowing greedily' or 'devouring', in allusion to the wider gape of this species compared to its congener.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
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Asia: Brunei.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 15.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138537); 14.1 cm SL (female)
Max length : 15.1 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 138537); 14.1 cm SL (female)
Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics
Dorsal soft rays (total): 2; Anal soft rays: 46 - 57. This species is distinguished from its congeners by the following set of characters: wider gape (posterior margin of rictal lobe extending beyond vertical from posterior margin of orbit); highly contrasting (mottled/reticulated) color pattern on the flanks; dark vertical band at the caudal-fin base; caudal peduncle (8.2-10.4% SL); 48-49 vertebrae; anal-fin rays (46-57); lower jaw with a more gently curved anteroventral margin; and densely distributed dark brown patches on the flanks that coalesce to form a reticulate pattern (Ref. 138537).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
Body shape (shape guide): elongated; Cross section: oval.
This species inhabits streams with clear and fast-flowing water, characterized by rocky and
sandy substrate, sometimes with bedrock splitting the stratum and forming small cascades (Ref. 138537).
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Ng, H.H., R. Kahar and H.H. Tan, 2025. A new species of catfish, Pterocryptis vorax (Actinopterygii: Siluridae), from
northern Borneo. Zootaxa 5575(4):535-544. (Ref. 138537)
CITES
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Harmless
Human uses
Fisheries: of no interest
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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoobank | Zoological Record
Estimates based on models
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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804) |
PD50 = 0.5000 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high]. |
| Bayesian length-weight | a=0.00562 (0.00279 - 0.01132), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref. 93245). |
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Trophic level (Ref. 69278) |
3.6 ±0.6 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives |
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Resilience (Ref. 120179) |
High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (Preliminary K or Fecundity.). |
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Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153) |
Low vulnerability (10 of 100). 🛈 |