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Akysis galeatus in Indonesia

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Akysis galeatus   Page, Rachmatika & Robins, 2007
Family:	Akysidae (Stream catfishes) , subfamily: Akysinae			picture () by ( not available )
Order:	Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class:	Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size:	2.8 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 75761)
Environment:	demersal
Climate:	tropical
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Distribution:	Asia: Way Gedongwani, a tributary of Way Sekampung in Sumatra, Indonesia.
Diagnosis:	Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5-5; Anal soft rays: 8-10; Vertebrae: 30-33. Diagnosed by the following characters: space between anterior nostril and base of nasal barbel about equal to nostril diameter; anterior and posterior nostrils relatively small with diameter less than that of eye; anterior nostril situated at end of short tube; jaws subequal (lip of upper jaw projecting past lower jaw); caudal fin emarginate (not strongly forked); eye dorsolateral, not protruding above head when viewed from side; large depression below eye; posterior edge of pectoral spine with 1-3 small serrae (much less than half width of spine); obvious concavity on top of head extending from anterior median fontanel to posterior median fontanel with body ridge along either side formed by medial edges of frontals and supraoccipitals; ridges converge posteriorly at elevated supraoccipital process (Ref. 75761). Description: Dorsal fin I,4i; Anal fin iii5, iii,5i; iii,6, iii,6i; Pectoral I,6; Pelvic 6 (Ref. 75761).
Biology:	Inhabits gravel-sandy run in a medium-sized turbid river with average width of 40 m (Ref. 75761)
Threatened:	Not Evaluated, see IUCN Red List  , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous:	harmless
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Main Ref:	Page, L.M., R.K. Hadiaty, J.A. López, I. Rachmatika and R.H. Robins. 2007. (Ref. 75761)
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Indonesia country information
Common names:	[ No common name ]		Ref:
Status:	native		Ref:
Salinity:	freshwater
Regulations:	no regulations		Ref:
Uses:	no uses
Comments:	Found only in Way Gedongwani, a tributary of Way Sekampung (South China Sea drainage) in Lampung, Sumatra (Ref. 75761).
Country Information:	www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/id.html
Occurrences:	Occurrences    Point map
Main Ref:	Page, L.M., R.K. Hadiaty, J.A. López, I. Rachmatika and R.H. Robins, 2007
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