Biology:Pinniwallago kanpurensis

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Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pinniwallago
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981
Species:
P. kanpurensis
Binomial name
Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981

Pinniwallago kanpurensis is the only species in the genus Pinniwallago of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Siluridae.[1] This species is known only from Uttar Pradesh, India .[1] It reaches a length of about 50 centimetres (20 in).[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr.; Miya, M; Azuma, Y; Nishida, M (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01418p300.pdf. 
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pinniwallago kanpurensis" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q7196362 entry