Kryptopterus

	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. These small- to medium-sized catfishes have opaque, transparent or translucent bodies, hence their common name Asian glass catfishes. Despite this name, only three described species have clearly transparent bodies: '' K. minor'', '' K. piperatus'' and '' K. vitreolus''.Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). ''After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)'' Zootaxa 3630: 308–316. Most significant among these is the ghost catfish (''K. vitreolus''), which is the "glass catfish" most often seen in the aquarium fish trade. This species was initially confused with the larger glass catfish (''K. bicirrhis''; infre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kryptopterus 2014 11 08 ''Kryptopterus'' is a genus of catfishes belonging to the family (biology), 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. These small- to medium-sized catfishes have opaque, transparent or translucent bodies, hence their common name Asian glass catfishes. Despite this name, only three described species have clearly transparent bodies: ''Kryptopterus minor, K. minor'', ''Kryptopterus piperatus, K. piperatus'' and ''Ghost Catfish, K. vitreolus''.Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). ''After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)'' Zootaxa 3630: 308–316. Most significant among these is the Ghost Catfish, ghost catfish (''K. vitreolus''), which is the "glass catfish" most often seen in the aquarium fish trade. Thi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kryptopterus Lumholtzi ''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. These small- to medium-sized catfishes have opaque, transparent or translucent bodies, hence their common name Asian glass catfishes. Despite this name, only three described species have clearly transparent bodies: '' K. minor'', '' K. piperatus'' and '' K. vitreolus''.Ng, H-H. and M. Kottelat (2013). ''After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)'' Zootaxa 3630: 308–316. Most significant among these is the ghost catfish (''K. vitreolus''), which is the "glass catfish" most often seen in the aquarium fish trade. This species was initially confused with the larger glass catfish (''K. bicirrhis''; infre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kryptopterus Vitreolus ''Kryptopterus vitreolus'', known commonly as the glass catfish, the glass cat, the ghost catfish or the phantom catfish, is a small species of translucent-bodied, social glass catfish in the family Siluridae. It is commonly seen in captivity and in the freshwater aquarium trade, although its official taxonomy is still debatable, and was only truly resolved in 2013. Glass catfish are endemic to Thailand, where they inhabit rivers and streams south of the Isthmus of Kra that drain into the Gulf of Thailand and river basins in the Cardamom Mountains. There are also unconfirmed reports from Penang, Malaysia. Until 1989, ''K. vitreolus'' was considered to be the same as another "glass catfish", '' Kryptopterus bicirrhis'', a larger species that is not commonly seen in captivity. Additionally, ''K. vitreolus'' was believed to be the same as '' K. minor'' until 2013, when it was established that captive specimens actually represented another species, which is now named as ''K. vit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kryptopterus Bicirrhis ''Kryptopterus bicirrhis'', often called the glass catfish, is an Asian glass catfish species of the genus ''Kryptopterus''. Until 1989, the concept of ''K. bicirrhis'' included its smaller relative ''Kryptopterus vitreolus'' ("ghost catfish"; often confused with '' K. minor''). Its scientific name ''K. bicirrhis'' and common name glass catfish are often still used in the aquarium fish trade to refer to the actual ''K. vitreolus''; as it seems, the larger and more aggressive true ''K. bicirrhis'' was only ever exported in insignificant numbers. In western Borneo, where ''K. minor'' and ''K. bicirrhis'' are sympatric, both species are known as ''lais tipis'' in the Malay language, but when locals want to distinguish the two, they refer to ''K. minor'' as ''lais limpok''. In Cambodia it is known as ''trey kes prak'' () and used to make the fermented fish paste '' prahok''. Description The true ''K. bicirrhis'' is easily separated from ''K. vitreolus''. ''K. bicirrhis'' reaches a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kryptopterus Piperatus ''Kryptopterus piperatus'' is a species of Asian glass catfish from rivers in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. It was first described in 2004. True ''K. piperatus'' is rarely (if ever) seen in the aquarium trade, while ''K. vitreolus'' is common.SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus.' Retrieved 07 February 2016. Among described species of ''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, ...'', 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. References Siluridae Catfish of Asia Freshwater fish of Indonesia Taxa named by Heok Hee Ng Taxa named by Soetikno Wirjoatmodjo Taxa named by Renny Kurnia Hadiaty Fish described in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]