Cave sheatfish

Pterocryptis buccata

Fourteen Point Seven Centimeters Catfish from Asian Waters

Cave sheatfish is known from Asia as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Maximum length: 14.7 cm
Water: Freshwater
Body shape: elongated
Distribution: Asia: presently known only from Amphoe Sai Yok in the Meklong basin in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand.
Conservation status: DDData Deficient

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