Silurichthys ligneolus, Brown leaf catfish

Silurichthys ligneolus Ng & Tan, 2011

Brown leaf catfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Silurichthys: Greek, silouros = a cat fish + Greek, odous = teeth + Greek, ichthys = fish (Ref. 45335); ligneolus: Name from the Latin 'ligneolus' (diminutive form of the noun 'ligneus) meaning wood; referring to the slender, uniformly brown body of this species (resembling a small piece of wood).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; benthopelagic. Tropical

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Asia: Indonesia (southern Borneo).

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 5.5 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 86600)

Short description Identification keys | Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal soft rays (total): 2; Anal soft rays: 44 - 45; Vertebrae: 46 - 48. This species is distinguished from congeners in having the following set of characters: depth at anus 9.1-11.0% SL; caudal peduncle depth 4.7-5.5% SL; eye diameter 6.7-9.8% HL; pelvic fins present; anal-fin rays 44-45; principal rays on the lower caudal-fin lobe 3-4, lower lobe of caudal fin indistinct; vertebrae 46-48; one gill raker on the first branchial arch; body uniformly brown. Based on the morphology of its caudal fin, this species is hypothesized to be the sister taxon of S. sanguineus (Ref. .86600).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Ng, H.H. and H.H. Tan, 2011. Silurichthys ligneolus, a new catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern Borneo, Indonesia. Zootaxa 2793:56-62. (Ref. 86600)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)

  Vulnerable (VU) (D2); Date assessed: 30 May 2019

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





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