FB-67123 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67123 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Osteoglossiformes Arapaimidae Arapaima Arapaima leptosoma Stewart, 2013 Glass catfish 2013-10-30 2014-10-01 Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat0 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-GeneralDescr-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 Occurs in slow moving to standing, brown to black, water (Ref. 93176). Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2013 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-DiagnosticDescr-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 This species differs from all species of Kryptopterus, except K. minor and K. piperatus, in having a transparent (vs. translucent or opaque) body in life, and from members of the K. cryptopterus, K. limpok, and K. schilbeides groups in having 48-55 anal-fin rays (vs. 64-85). It is diagnosed from members of the K. bicirrhis species group (K. bicirrhis, K. lais, K. macrocephalus, K. minor, K. palembangensis and K. piperatus) in having the following combination of characters: snout length 29-35% HL, eye diameter 28-34% HL, body depth at anus 16-20% SL, depth of caudal peduncle 4-7% SL, maxillary barbels reaching beyond base of first anal-fin ray, dorsal profile with pronounced nuchal concavity, 14-18 rakers on first gill arch, and 48-55 anal-fin rays (Ref. 93176). Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2013 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-Morphology-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 Dorsal soft rays (total): 32; Analsoft rays: 48 - 55; Vertebrae: 44 - 47 Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2013 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-Distribution-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2025-11-05 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 Asia: Peninsular and southeastern Thailand; absent in central Thailand. Report from Penang, Malaysia requires verification. Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2013 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-Size-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 6.5 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 93176)) Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat 2013 After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae). Zootaxa 3630(2):308-316. (Ref. 93176) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-67132 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2013-11-02 00:00:00 2013-11-02 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=67132 demersal; freshwater