Pterocryptis buccata Ng & Kottelat, 1998
Cave sheatfish

Family:  Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Max. size:  14.66 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: presently known only from Amphoe Sai Yok in the Meklong basin in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-4; Anal soft rays: 54-61; Vertebrae: 50-52. Prominent mandibular muscles causing the cheeks to appear inflated; 4 mandibular barbels and vomerine teeth present in 2 separate patches.
Biology:  Occurs in hillstreams and caves (Ref. 58784). Feeds on fishes and insects (Ref. 58784).
IUCN Red List Status: Data deficient (DD); Date assessed: 24 March 2011 Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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