Olyra (fish)
| Olyra | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Olyra McClelland, 1842 |
| Type species | |
| Olyra longicaudatus McClelland, 1842 | |
Olyra is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.
Taxonomy
The genus Olyra is considered by some authorities to belong to the family Bagridae, though Olyridae is considered valid by Fishbase[1] and ITIS.[2]
The taxonomic status of O. colletii has been a puzzle. It was first described in 1881 by Franz Steindachner as Heptapterus collettii and marked as neotropical in origin. With examination, though, it was determined to more closely match members of Olyra. It may even be a junior synonym of Olyra longicaudata.[3]
O. kempi is treated in some literature as a synonym of O. longicaudata.[4]
Species
The 7 currently recognized species in this genus are:
- Olyra astrifera Arunachalam, Raja, Mayden & Chandran, 2013 [5]
- Olyra burmanica Day, 1872 (Longtail catfish)
- Olyra collettii Steindachner, 1881
- Olyra horae Prashad & Mukerji, 1929
- Olyra kempi Chaudhuri, 1912
- Olyra longicaudata McClelland, 1842
- Olyra saginata H. H. Ng, Lalramliana & Lalthanzara, 2014 [6]
Distribution and habitat
The genus Olyra occurs throughout South Asia and western Indochina, from India to western Thailand.[3]
Relationship to humans
In Asia, Olyra species are known as fighting catfish; they are placed in small aquaria to battle one another similar to Siamese fighting fish, and money is bet on the outcome.[7]
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2014). "Olyridae" in FishBase. November 2014 version.
- ↑ "Olyridae". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 14 July 2014.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Bockmann, F.A. & de Pinna, M.C.C. (2004). Armbruster, J.W., ed. "Heptapterus collettii Steindachner, 1881: A Member of the Asian Bagrid Genus Olyra Erroneously Assigned to the Neotropical Fauna (Siluriformes: Ostariophysi)". Copeia, 2004 (3): 665–675. doi:10.1643/ci-03-198r1.
- ↑ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types". Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.
- ↑ Arunachalam, M., Raja, M., Mayden, R.L. & Chandran, A. (2013): Olyra astrifera a new species of olyrid catfish from the Western Ghats, Southern India (Teleosti: Bagridae: Olyrininae) and the designation of neotype, Olyra longicaudata McClelland, 1842 from North-Eastern India. International Journal of Zoology and Research, 3 (2): 51-60.
- ↑ Ng, H.H., Lalramliana & Lalthanzara, H. (2014):Olyra saginata, a new species of bagrid catfish (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes) from northeastern India. Zootaxa, 3821 (2): 265–272.
- ↑ Linder, R.S. (2000). "The Catfishes of Asia Family Bagridae part two". Cat Chat, 1 (2).