Kryptopterus piperatus

Kryptopterus piperatus
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Kryptopterus
Species:	K. piperatus
Binomial name
Kryptopterus piperatus H. H. Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2004

Kryptopterus piperatus is a species of Asian glass catfish from rivers in northern Sumatra, Indonesia. ^[2] It was first described in 2004. True K. piperatus is rarely (if ever) seen in the aquarium trade, while K. vitreolus is common. ^{[3] [4]}

Among described species of Kryptopterus , 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. ^{[3] [4]}

References

1. Ng, H.H. (2020). "Kryptopterus piperatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020 e.T91211566A91211570. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91211566A91211570.en . Retrieved 9 January 2025.
2. Ng, Heok Hee; Wirjoatmodjo, Soetikno; Hadiaty, Renny K. (2004). "Kryptopterus piperatus, a new species of silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from northern Sumatra" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 15 (1): 91–95.
3. Ng, Heok Hee; Kottelat, Maurice (2013). "After eighty years of misidentification, a name for the glass catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae)". Zootaxa. 3630 (2): 308–316. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3630.2.6. PMID   26131513.
4. SeriouslyFish: Kryptopterus vitreolus. Retrieved 07 February 2016.