Pinniwallago kanpurensis

Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pinniwallago
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981
Species: P. kanpurensis
Binomial name
Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981

Pinniwallago kanpurensis is the only species in the genus Pinniwallago of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Siluridae.[1] This species is known only from Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It reaches a length of about 50 centimetres (20 in).[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr.; Miya, M; Azuma, Y; Nishida, M (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01418p300.pdf. 
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Pinniwallago kanpurensis" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.