Amblycipitidae

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iTorrent catfishes

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Amblycipitidae Day, 1873

Genera

See text for genera and species

Amblycipitidae is a family of catfishes, commonly known as loach catfishes or torrent catfishes.

Members of this family feature a long cigar-shaped or loach-like body with four barbels positioned in a similar fashion to those found in loaches. These four thick and long nasal barbels are reminiscent of North American catfishes.

These kinds of fishes can be found in Southern Asia, China and Japan.

[edit] Species

There are 25 species in three genera:

Genus Amblyceps
- Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858.
- Amblyceps foratum Ng & Kottelat, 2000.
- Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland, 1842).
- Amblyceps macropterus Ng, 2001.
- Indian torrent catfish, Amblyceps mangois (Hamilton, 1822).
- Amblyceps mucronatum Ng & Kottelat, 2000.
- Amblyceps murraystuarti Chaudhuri, 1919.
- Amblyceps platycephalus Ng & Kottelat, 2000.
- Amblyceps serratum Ng & Kottelat, 2000.
- Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860.
- Amblyceps variegatum Ng & Kottelat, 2000.
Genus Liobagrus
- Liobagrus andersoni Regan, 1908.
- Liobagrus anguillicauda Nichols, 1926.
- Liobagrus formosanus Regan, 1908.
- Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935.
- Liobagrus marginatoides (Wu, 1930).
- Liobagrus marginatus (Günther, 1892).
- Liobagrus mediadiposalis Mori, 1936.
- Liobagrus nantoensis Oshima, 1919.
- Liobagrus nigricauda Regan, 1904.
- Liobagrus obesus Son, Kim & Choo, 1987.
- Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878.
- Liobagrus styani Regan, 1908.
Genus Xiurenbagrus
- Xiurenbagrus gigas Zhao, Lan & Zhang, 2004.
- Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis (Yue, 1981).