Parakysis

E805764

Parakysis is a genus of small, cryptically colored catfishes native to Southeast Asian freshwater habitats.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Parakysis canonical 1
Parakysis notialis 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf genus
taxon
adaptation camouflage among leaf litter
belongsToBiogeographicRealm Indomalayan realm
bodySize small
camouflageStrategy cryptic coloration
class Actinopterygii
coloration cryptic
commonName parakysis catfishes
describedAs genus of small catfishes
distribution Borneo
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Sumatra
ecologicalRole benthic fish
environment forest streams
leaf-littered stream beds
streams
family Akysidae
feedingType benthic invertebrate feeder
finType ray-finned
habitat freshwater
hasCharacteristic adpressed fins
cryptic mottled pattern
flattened body
reduced eyes
hasSpecies Parakysis anomalopteryx
Parakysis grandis
Parakysis longirostris
Parakysis notialis
linked to: Parakysis

Parakysis verrucosus
kingdom Animalia
lifestyle bottom-dwelling
namedAfter Greek words "para" and "akysis"
nativeTo Southeast Asia
order Siluriformes
parentTaxon Akysidae
phylum Chordata
region tropical Asia
relatedTo Akysis
reproduction oviparous
respiration gills
skeletonType bony fish
taxonRank genus
waterType freshwater

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Akysidae contains Parakysis
Parakysis hasSpecies Parakysis notialis
linked to: Parakysis