Description

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 5; Anal soft rays: 8 - 10; Vertebrae: 35 - 37. Generally dark brown with many irregular light brown patches. Long nasal barbels 6.5-15.6%HL. Lateral margins of head, steeply sloping; convex snout when viewed dorsally. Adipose fin with angular posterior margin. Pectoral spine with serrations on the posterior edge (Ref. 37794).

Common Names

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Asiatisk guitarmalle , Danish , Denmark

Thaimaanbalalaikkamonni , Finnish , Finland

Jogoripo , Javanese , Indonesia

Kekel , Javanese , Indonesia

Jogoripo , Malay , Indonesia

Kekel , Malay , Indonesia

平头庞鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

平頭龐鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皱纹庞鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

皺紋龐鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

胸点庞鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

胸點龐鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑腹庞鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

黑腹龐鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Akysidae

Genus: Acrochordonichthys

Species: Acrochordonichthys rugosus (Bleeker, 1846)

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

Biology

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Inhabits clear, swiftly flowing forested streams with pH of 7 and sandy or rocky bottoms. Hides under submerged logs or rocks with some leaf litter in the swifter parts of the stream. A predatory fish, ambushing balitorid loaches of Nemacheilus and sisorid catfish of the genus Glyptothorax (Ref. 37794).

Habitat

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demersal