Laides

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Laides
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ailiidae
Genus: Laides
D. S. Jordan, 1919
Type species
Pangasius hexanema
Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
  • LaïsBleeker, 1857

Laides is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia. [1] These species originate from Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins. [2]

Species

There are currently four recognized species in this genus: [3]

References

  1. Wang, J.; Lu, B.; Zan, R.; Chai, J.; Ma, W.; Jin, W.; Duan, R.; Luo, J.; Murphy, R.W.; Xiao, H.; Chen, Z. (2016). "Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae)". PLOS ONE. 11 (1) e0145675. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1145675W. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0145675 .
  2. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-03-11. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  3. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Laides". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 11 October 2025.