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Hong Kong Biodiversity Database
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General Information
Pterocryptis anomala
Animal Group:
Freshwater Fish
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Siluridae
Other Name(s):
-
Description:
Long and scaleless body with a large broad flat head; huge mouth surrounded by 3 pairs of fleshy barbels, upper jaw barbels are elongated; dorsal fin is small and soft while the anal fin is extremely long terminating near the truncated caudal fin; dark brown body marked with dark spots of varying sizes
Conservation Status
AFCD Assessment
Common
Distribution
Distribution in Hong Kong
North District, Tai Po, Tsuen Wan, Sai Kung, and on Lantau Island
Global Distribution
Southeast Asia including eastern China, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam
Photo Gallery
References
More on Freshwater Fish in HK
Lam, K. S. (2002).
Freshwater Fish in Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong.
Lee, V. L. F., Lam, S. K. S., Ng, F. K. Y., Chan, T. K. T. and Young, M. L. C. (2004).
Field Guide to the Freshwater Fish of Hong Kong.
Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Friends of the Country Parks and Cosmos Books Ltd., Hong Kong
Man, S.H. and Hodgkiss, I.J. (1981).
Hong Kong Freshwater Fishes.
The Urban Council, Hong Kong.
