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Siluridae
Glass catfish
Kryptopterus vitreolus
Six Point Five Centimeters Catfish from Asian Waters
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Small
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
SmallGlass catfish is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 6.5 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Kryptopterus
- Maximum length
- 6.5 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Peninsular and southeastern Thailand; absent in central Thailand. Report from Penang, Malaysia requires verification.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
