Akysis bilustris

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| name =

| status = DD

| status_system = IUCN3.1

| status_ref = {{cite iucn |author=Kottelat, M. |date=2012 |title=Akysis bilustris |volume=2012 |page=e.T202267A2743115 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T202267A2743115.en |access-date=19 November 2021}}

| taxon = Akysis bilustris

| authority = H. H. Ng, 2011

}}

Akysis bilustris is a species of catfish belonging to the family Akysidae (the stream catfishes), known only from two geographically proximate localities in the Xe Kong drainage, a major subdrainage of the Mekong River, in Laos and Cambodia.{{FishBase |genus=Akysis |species=bilustris |month=June |year=2014}} This species grows to a length of {{convert|2.57|cm|in}} SL.{{cite web|author=Kottelat, M.| date=2011| title=Fishes of the Xe Kong drainage in Laos, especially from the Xe Kaman| work=Co-Management of freshwater biodiversity in the Sekong Basin| publisher=WWF & Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund| pages=1–29| url=http://awsassets.panda.org/downloads/fishes_of_xe_kaman_2011.pdf}}

Habitat and ecology

A. bilustris occurs in streams and rivers, on sandy to muddy substrates with submerged vegetation and/or debris.

Relationship to humans

A. bilustris is a component of local subsistence fisheries.

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Further reading

  • {{cite journal |last1=Ng |first1=H.H. |year=2011 |title=Akysis bilustris, a new species of catfish from southern Laos (Siluriformes: Akysidae) |journal=Zootaxa |volume=3066 |pages=61–68 |url=http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03066p068f.pdf |accessdate=19 June 2014}}