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Akysis pulvinatus is a species of stream catfish. It is only known from the western half of the Kra Isthmus (i.e. in streams flowing into the Andaman Sea) in southern Thailand.[1][3]

Akysis pulvinatus
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Akysidae
Genus:	Akysis
Species:	A. pulvinatus
Binomial name
Akysis pulvinatus Ng, 2007[2]

This is a small catfish, none of the type specimens exceeding 30 mm standard length. Like most Akysis spp. it is brown with yellowish patches but can be distinguished from its congeners by a combination of characters including a yellowish snout, an adipose fin with a long base, a relatively deep caudal peduncle and a forked caudal fin with the lower lobe longer than the upper.[2] Not much is known about the species including population, threats and conservations actions except that it may be caught as bycatch in artisanal fisheries.[1]

References

External links

• "Akysis pulvinatus Ng, 2007". PlanetCatfish.

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