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''Acrochordonichthys strigosus'' is a species of
catfish Catfish (or catfishes; order (biology), order Siluriformes or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish. Catfish are common name, named for their prominent barbel (anatomy), barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, though not ...
of the family
Akysidae The stream catfishes comprise the family Akysidae of catfishes. Distribution and habitat Akysids are known from across a large area in Southeast Asia. They are found in fresh water. Fish of the subfamily Parakysinae are primarily found in the Mal ...
. It is a freshwater fish only known from the
Kapuas River The Kapuas River ( Old Indonesian spelling: Kapoeas River) is a river in the Indonesian part of Borneo island, at the geographic center of Maritime Southeast Asia. At in length, it is the longest river on the island of Borneo, the longest ri ...
drainage in
Kalimantan Kalimantan (; ) is the Indonesian portion of the island of Borneo. It constitutes 73% of the island's area, and consists of the provinces of Central Kalimantan, East Kalimantan, North Kalimantan, South Kalimantan, and West Kalimantan. The non-Ind ...
, in the Indonesian part of
Borneo Borneo () is the List of islands by area, third-largest island in the world, with an area of , and population of 23,053,723 (2020 national censuses). Situated at the geographic centre of Maritime Southeast Asia, it is one of the Greater Sunda ...
. It grows to
standard length Fish measurement is the measuring of individual fish and various parts of fish anatomy, their anatomies, for data used in many areas of ichthyology, including Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy and fishery biology. Overall length Standard length (SL) is ...
. A detailed discussion of this species's relationship with the other members of its genus can be found on ''
Acrochordonichthys ''Acrochordonichthys'' is a genus of catfishes ( order Siluriformes) of the family Akysidae. It includes ten species. Distribution and habitat ''Acrochordonichthys'' species are generally found at the bottoms of rivers throughout Southeast As ...
''.


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Akysidae Freshwater fish of Borneo Endemic fauna of Borneo Fish described in 2001 {{Siluriformes-stub