Description

Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6; Vertebrae: 37. Have well developed processes along the median caudal-fin rays. Easily distinguished from Indian congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: length of adipose-fin base 28.3% SL, dorsal to adipose distance 15.8% SL, head width 13.6% SL, body depth at anus 11.5% SL, 37 vertebrae, and a non-projecting lower jaw (Ref. 41275).

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Amblycipitidae

Genus: Amblyceps

Species: Amblyceps macropterus Ng, 2001

Climate Zone

Location

Biology

Life cycle and mating behavior

Habitat

benthopelagic