Pseudeutropius

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Pseudeutropius
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Pseudotropius sykesii
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Horabagridae
Genus: Pseudeutropius
Bleeker, 1862
Type species
Eutropius brachypopterus
Bleeker, 1858

Pseudeutropius is a genus of catfishes conventionally placed in the family Schilbeidae [1] but recent work has suggested it be placed in the newer family Horabagridae, the genus is native to Asia. [2] [3]

Species

There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus: [3]

References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pseudeutropius". FishBase . August 2017 version.
  2. Hofreiter, Michael; Wang, Jing; Lu, Bin; Zan, Ruiguang; Chai, Jing; Ma, Wei; Jin, Wei; Duan, Rongyao; Luo, Jing; Murphy, Robert W.; Xiao, Heng; Chen, Ziming (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 . PMC   4713424 . PMID   26751688.
  3. 1 2 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pseudeutropius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 7 May 2016.