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Pterocryptis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Siluriformes

Scientific name
  
Pterocryptis

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Chordata

Family
  
Siluridae

Higher classification
  
Siluridae

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Similar
  
Siluridae, Catfish, Hemisilurus, Micronema

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.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:

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

    • References

    Pterocryptis Wikipedia
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