Biology:Kryptopterus piperatus

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Kryptopterus piperatus
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Kryptopterus
Species:
K. piperatus
Binomial name
Kryptopterus piperatus
H. H. Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2004

Kryptopterus piperatus is a species of Asian glass catfish from rivers in northern Sumatra, Indonesia.[2] It was first described in 2004. True K. piperatus is rarely (if ever) seen in the aquarium trade, while K. vitreolus is common.[3][4]

Among described species of Kryptopterus, only three species are clearly transparent: K. vitreolus, K. minor and K. piperatus. The body of others, including K. bicirrhis, are only somewhat translucent or opaque.[3][4]

References

  1. Ng, H.H. (2020). "Kryptopterus piperatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2020. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91211566A91211570.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/91211566/91211570. Retrieved 9 January 2025. 
  2. Ng, Heok Hee; Wirjoatmodjo, Soetikno; Hadiaty, Renny K. (2004). "Kryptopterus piperatus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from northern Sumatra". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters 15 (1): 91–95. http://www.pfeil-verlag.de/04biol/pdf/ief15_1_10.pdf. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Ng, Heok Hee; Kottelat, Maurice (2013). "After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)". Zootaxa 3630 (2): 308–316. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.6. PMID 26131513. 
  4. 4.0 4.1 SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 07 February 2016.

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