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Akysidae (Stream catfishes) > Parakysinae
Etymology: Parakysis: Greek, para = the side of + Greek, kysthos = bladder (Ref. 45335); notialis: From the Greek notos, meaning southern, in reference to the distribution of this species (southern Borneo) (Ref. 50510).
More on authors: Ng & Kottelat.
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Ecology
Freshwater; demersal. Tropical
Asia: known only from the Barito River drainage, southern Borneo.
Size / Weight / Age
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 2.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 50510)
Short description
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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 3; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 8 - 9; Vertebrae: 30 - 31. Head length 26.5-27% SL; conical head; presence of median concavity on margin of lower lip; presence of laterosensory canal pore between inner and outer mandibular barbels, branched outer mandibular barbels, branches of inner mandibular barbels separated; deeply forked caudal fin with pointed lobes; 10 branched principal caudal fin rays; sparsely pigmented caudal fin; absence of light brown saddle from base of posteriormost dorsal fin ray to caudal peduncle (Ref. 50510).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae
Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 2003. Parakysis notialis, a new species of akysid catfish from Borneo (Siluriformes: Akysidae). Ichthyol. Res. 50(1):48-51. (Ref. 50510)
IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2)
Threat to humans
Harmless
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