A name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) revisited
Author
Ng, Heok Hee
Author
Kottelat, Maurice
text
Zootaxa
2013
3640
2
299
300
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3640.2.12
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1175-5326
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Kryptopterus vitreolus
,
new species
Holotype
: UMMZ 249801,
45.2 mm
SL;
Thailand
: Trat Province, Amphoe Khao Saming; K. Udomritthiruj,
27 November 2011
.
Paratypes
: all specimens listed as
paratypes
of
K. vitreolus
by Ng & Kottelat (2013) are
paratypes
of
K. vitreolus
described herein.
Diagnosis:
Kryptopterus vitreolus
can be distinguished from all other congeners (except
K. minor
and
K. piperatus
) in having a transparent (vs. translucent or opaque) body in life, and from members of the
K. cryptopterus
,
K. limpok
, and
K. schilbeides
groups in having fewer anal-fin rays (48–55 vs. 64–85).
Kryptopterus vitreolus
can be distinguished from members of the
K. bicirrhis
species group (
K. bicirrhis
,
K. lais
,
K. macrocephalus
,
K. minor
,
K. palembangensis
and
K. piperatus
) in having the following combination of characters: snout length 29–35% HL, eye diameter 28–34% HL, body depth at anus 16–20% SL, depth of caudal peduncle 4–7% SL, maxillary barbels reaching beyond base of first anal-fin ray, dorsal profile with pronounced nuchal concavity, 14–18 rakers on first gill arch, and 48–55 anal-fin rays.
See Ng & Kottelat (2013) for a complete description and further information and discussion.