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Akysidae (Stream catfishes) > Akysinae
Eponymy: Dr Michael Hardman (d: 1978) is a British ichthyologist and herpetologist at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. [...] (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: Chao Phraya River in Thailand.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 4.2 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 55975)
Dorsal spines (total): 1; Vertebrae: 34 - 35. Distinguished from all congeners in having highly elevated supraoccipital spine and nuchal plate. Differs further from congeners in having a unique combination of the following characters: highly contrasting light brown patches on a chocolate brown body; lack of filamentous extensions to the first pectoral-fin element; presence of 5-6 serrations on the posterior edge of pectoral spine; eye diameter 6-9% of head length; branchiostegal membranes meeting at isthmus ventrally; outer mandibular barbels reaching middle of pectoral-fin base; and rounded tubercles on the tip of the snout and dorsal surface of neurocranium (Ref. 55975).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628. (Ref. 58032)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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