Pterocryptis

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Pterocryptis
Pterocryptis wynaadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
W. K. H. Peters, 1861
Type species
Pterocryptis gangelica
Peters, 1861
Species

See text.

Synonyms

Apodoglanis
Fowler, 1905
Hito
Herre, 1924
Hitoichthys
Herre 1924
Penesilurus
Herre, 1924
Herklotsella
Herre, 1933

Pterocryptis is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia.[1]

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: [2]

  • Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933)
  • Pterocryptis barakensis Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2006
  • Pterocryptis berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)
  • Pterocryptis bokorensis (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937)
  • Pterocryptis buccata H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 1998 (Cave sheatfish)
  • Pterocryptis burmanensis (Thant, 1966)
  • Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Pterocryptis crenula H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2001
  • Pterocryptis cucphuongensis (Đ. Y. Mai, 1978)
  • Pterocryptis furnessi (Fowler, 1905)
  • Pterocryptis gangelica W. K. H. Peters, 1861
  • Pterocryptis indicus (A. K. Datta, Barman & Jayaram, 1987)
  • Pterocryptis inusitata H. H. Ng, 1999
  • Pterocryptis taytayensis (Herre, 1924)
  • Pterocryptis torrentis (Kobayakawa, 1989)
  • Pterocryptis verecunda H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2001
  • Pterocryptis wynaadensis (F. Day, 1873)

References

  1. Ng, Heok Hee; Chan, Bosco P.-L. (2005). "Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China". Zootaxa 1060: 51–64. 
  2. Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2012). Species of Pterocryptis in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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