''Akysis recavus'' is a species of

fish A fish (: fish or fishes) is an aquatic animal, aquatic, Anamniotes, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fish fin, fins and craniate, a hard skull, but lacking limb (anatomy), limbs with digit (anatomy), digits. Fish can ...

in 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 ...

, the stream catfishes. It is native to

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

, where it occurs in the

Chao Phraya River The Chao Phraya River is the major river in Thailand, with its low alluvial plain forming the centre of the country. It flows through Bangkok and then into the Gulf of Thailand. Etymology Written evidence of the river being referred to by the ...

. It has also been reported from the

Mekong The Mekong or Mekong River ( , ) is a transboundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the world's twelfth-longest river and the third-longest in Asia with an estimated length of and a drainage area of , discharging of wat ...

basin in

Laos Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by Myanmar and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the southeast, and Thailand to the west and ...

.Froese, R. and D. Pauly, Editors.
Akysis recavus.
' 2015. FishBase. ''Akysis recavus'' is a small catfish, reaching 4 cm (1.6 inches) in

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 ...

. This fish was described to science by H. H. Ng and M. Kottelat in 1998.Ng, H.H., & Kottelat, M. (1998). The catfish genus Akysis Bleeker (Teleostei: Akysidae) in Indochina, with descriptions of six new species. ''Journal of Natural History, 32'', 1057-1097. Little is known about the biology of the species.Ng, H. H. 2012
''Akysis recavus''.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2014.3. Downloaded on 26 March 2015.

References

External links

Florida Museum of Natural History. {{Taxonbar, from=Q5516916 Akysidae Fish of Thailand Taxa named by Heok Hee Ng Taxa named by Maurice Kottelat Fish described in 1998