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Asian Glass Catfishes
Kryptopterus
Kryptopterus is a genus of catfishes belonging to the family Siluridae. They are found in freshwater throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name comes from Ancient Greek kryptós (κρυπτός, "hidden") + ptéryx (πτέρυξ, "fin"). It refers to the reduced or even entirely absent dorsal fin of these catfishes.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 17 known species
Glass Catfish
speciesKryptopterus vitreolus
Glass Catfish
speciesKryptopterus bicirrhis
Striped glass catfish
speciesKryptopterus macrocephalus
Ghost Catfish
speciesKryptopterus minor
Kryptopterus geminus
speciesKryptopterus geminus
Blue Sheatfish
speciesKryptopterus cryptopterus
Longbarbel Sheatfish
speciesKryptopterus limpok
Kryptopterus hesperius
speciesKryptopterus hesperius
Kryptopterus lais
speciesKryptopterus lais
Kryptopterus mononema
speciesKryptopterus mononema
Kryptopterus palembangensis
speciesKryptopterus palembangensis
Kryptopterus baramensis
speciesKryptopterus baramensis
Kryptopterus lumholtzi
speciesKryptopterus lumholtzi
Kryptopterus dissitus
speciesKryptopterus dissitus
Kryptopterus paraschilbeides
speciesKryptopterus paraschilbeides
Kryptopterus piperatus
speciesKryptopterus piperatus
Kryptopterus schilbeides
speciesKryptopterus schilbeides
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 89265.