Pterocryptis

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Pterocryptis
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Pterocryptis wynaadensis
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Peters, 1861
Type species
Pterocryptis gangelica
Peters, 1861
Species

See text.

Synonyms
  • Apodoglanis Fowler, 1905
  • HitoHerre, 1924
  • HitoichthysHerre 1924
  • PenesilurusHerre, 1924
  • HerklotsellaHerre, 1933

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. [1] There are two cavefish species in the genus, P. buccata and P. cucphuongensis. [2]

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: [3]

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References

  1. Ng, Heok Hee; Chan, Bosco P.-L. (2005). "Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China". Zootaxa. 1060: 51–64. doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.1060.1.4 . S2CID   85786142.
  2. Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN   978-1402000768
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pterocryptis in FishBase . July 2014 version.