Biology:Pterocryptis

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Pterocryptis
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Pterocryptis wynaadensis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Peters, 1861
Type species
Pterocryptis gangelica
Peters, 1861
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Apodoglanis
Fowler, 1905
Hito
Herre, 1924
Hitoichthys
Herre 1924
Penesilurus
Herre, 1924
Herklotsella
Herre, 1933

Pterocryptis is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India , southern China and Southeast Asia.[1] There are two cavefish species in the genus, P. buccata and P. cucphuongensis.[2]

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. Ng, Heok Hee; Chan, Bosco P.-L. (2005). "Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China". Zootaxa 1060: 51–64. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1060.1.4. 
  2. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN:978-1402000768
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pterocryptis in FishBase. July 2014 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3759696 entry