Species Kingdom

Animalia

Species Class

Species Order

Akysis bilustris Ng, 2011

Description

Akysis bilustris is distinguished from congeners by a combination of the following characters: eye diameter 14.0–17.5% HL; serrae on posterior margin of pectoral spine 2–3 and longer than half width of spine, pectoral fin reaching to or overlapping pelvic-fin base (length 24.5–29.3% SL), adipose-fin base length 14.3–18.3% SL, body depth at anus 11.4–13.8% SL, caudal-peduncle length 19.6–23.4% SL; caudal-peduncle depth 6.7–9.2% SL; caudal fin emarginate, and vertebrae 30–31 (Ref. 87997).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Akysidae

Genus: Akysis

Species: Akysis bilustris Ng, 2011

Climate Zone

Tropical

Location

Asia: Laos. Known only from two geographically proximate localities in the Xe Kong drainage, a major subdrainage of the Mekong River in southern Laos (Ref. 87997).

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic