Biology:Pterocryptis verecunda
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Short description: Species of catfish
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pterocryptis |
| Species: | P. verecunda
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| Binomial name | |
| Pterocryptis verecunda Ng & Freyhof, 2001
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Pterocryptis verecunda is a species of catfish found in Cat Ba Island in north-eastern Vietnam..[1]
This species reaches a length of 13.2 cm (5.2 in).[2]
Etymology
The species epithet means shy.[3]
References
- ↑ Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2001. A review of the catfish genus Pterocryptis (Siluridae) in Vietnam, with the description of two new species. J. Fish Biol. 59(3):624-644.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pterocryptis verecunda" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes5/.
Wikidata ☰ Q5837095 entry
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