Siluridae

Glass catfish

Kryptopterus bicirrhis

Fifteen Centimeters Catfish from Asian Waters

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Freshwater fish
• Asia (unspecified)
• Elongated
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Kryptopterus bicirrhis, often called the glass catfish, is an Asian glass catfish species of the genus Kryptopterus. Until 1989, the concept of K. bicirrhis included its smaller relative Kryptopterus vitreolus ("ghost catfish"; often confused with K. minor). Its scientific name K. bicirrhis and common name glass catfish are often still used in the aquarium fish trade to refer to the actual K. vitreolus; as it seems, the larger and more aggressive true K. bicirrhis was only ever exported in insignificant numbers.