Stream catfish
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| ?Stream catfishes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scientific classification | ||||||||||
|
||||||||||
|
|
||||||||||
|
See text. |
The stream catfishes are a family Akysidae of catfishes found in the fresh waters of southeast Asia. It includes over 40 species in three genera; many species are only recently described.
They are mostly small, only a few species reaching as much as 10 cm in length, Breitensteinia insignis being the largest known at 22 cm.
[edit] Genera
- Acrochordonichthys
- Akysis
- Breitensteinia
[edit] References
- "Akysidae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. April 2006 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2006.
 |
This fish-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
