Amblyceps

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Amblyceps
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Amblyceps
Blyth, 1858
Type species
Amblyceps caecutiens
Blyth, 1858
Species

See text.
Synonyms

Branchiosteus Gill, 1861

Amblyceps is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amblycipitidae. Fourteen species are currently recognized.[1][2]

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[edit] Taxonomy

The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[3]

[edit] Distribution and habitat

Amblyceps species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.[1] Amblyceps are mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.[4] Three species are known from Myanmar, A. murraystuarti, A. mucronatum, and A. carinatum.[1]

[edit] Description

Amblyceps are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin.[1] In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate.[1] Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.[3]

[edit] Species

  • Amblyceps apangi Nath & Dey, 1989
  • Amblyceps arnunachalensis Nath & Dey, 1989
  • Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
  • Amblyceps carinatum Ng, 2005
  • 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e Ng, Heok Hee (2005). "Amblyceps carinatum a New Species of Hillstream Catfish from Myanmar (Telestei: Amblycipitidae)" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 53 (2): 243–249. 
  2. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  3. ^ a b Chen, Xiaoping; Lundberg, John G. (1995). "Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae". Copeia 1995 (4): 780–800. doi:10.2307/1447027. 
  4. ^ Zhao, Yahui; Lan, Jiahu; Zhang, Chunguang (2004). "A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China". Ichthyological Research 51: 228–232. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0220-z. 
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