Amblyceps

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Amblyceps

Amblyceps
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Amblyceps
Blyth, 1858
Type species
Amblyceps caecutiens
Blyth, 1858
Synonyms
  • BranchiosteusGill, 1861

Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae. [1] The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus . [2] These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin. [3] In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate. [3] Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) SL. [2]

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Distribution and habitat

These species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers. [3] This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula. [4] Three species are known from Myanmar: A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti and A. carinatum. [3]

Species

There are currently 24 recognized species in this genus: [5]

References

  1. ↑ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. 1 2 Chen, X.; Lundberg, J.G. (1995). "Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae". Copeia. 1995 (4): 780–800. doi:10.2307/1447027. JSTOR   1447027.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 Ng, H.H. (2005). "Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 53 (2): 243–249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-11.
  4. ↑ Zhao, Y.; Lan, J.; Zhang, C. (2004). "A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China". Ichthyological Research. 51 (3): 228–232. Bibcode:2004IchtR..51..228Z. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0220-z.
  5. ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Amblyceps". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 26 October 2025.
  6. ↑ Dahanukar, N.; Raghavan, R.; Ali, A.; Britz, R. (2016). "Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 218–226. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.6. PMID   27394861.
  7. ↑ Ng, H.H.; Wright, J.J. (2010). "Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2672: 50–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2672.1.3.
  8. 1 2 Linthoingambi, I.; Vishwanath, W. (2008). "Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 19 (2): 167–174.
  9. ↑ Darshan, A.; Kachari, A.; Dutta, R.; Ganguly, A.; Das, D.N. (2016). "Amblyceps waikhomi, a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India". PLOS ONE. 11 (2) e0147283. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147283D. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0147283 . PMC   4740403 . PMID   26840400.
  10. ↑ Zhang, X.; Long, Y.; Xiao, H.; Chen, Z. (2016). "First record of the catfish genus Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae)". Folia Zoologica. 65 (2): 81–86. doi:10.25225/fozo.v65.i2.a1.2016.
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