Encheloclarias

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Encheloclarias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Clariidae
Genus: Encheloclarias
Herre & Myers, 1937
Type species
Heterobranchus tapeinopterus
Bleeker, 1852
Species

E. baculum
E. curtisoma
E. kelioides
E. prolatus
E. tapeinopterus
E. velatus

Encheloclarias is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It includes six species, E. baculum, E. curtisoma, E. kelioides, E. prolatus, E. tapeinopterus, and E. velatus.[1] This genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.[2]

Encheloclarias is often found deep within the substratum of peat swamps.[2]

This genus differs from Heterobranchus and Dinotopterus in lacking extensions of the neural spine supporting the adipose fin.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
  2. ^ a b c Ng, H. H.; Tan, H. H. (2000). "A new species of Encheloclarias from Sumatra". Journal of Fish Biology 57: 536–539. 
 This catfish-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Languages