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Kryptopterus piperatus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Siluridae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

Genus
  
Kryptopterus

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

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.

References

Kryptopterus piperatus Wikipedia