Pterocryptis burmanensis

Pterocryptis burmanensis
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Pterocryptis
Species:	P. burmanensis
Binomial name
Pterocryptis burmanensis (Thant, 1967)
Synonyms
Silurus burmanensisThant, 1967

Pterocryptis burmanensis is a species of catfish found in the Indo-China peninsula. ^{[2] [3]}

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Burma (Myanmar), where this fish is endemic to Inlé Lake. ^[4]

References

1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Silurus burmanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010 e.T168263A6471454. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168263A6471454.en . Retrieved 25 December 2023.
2. Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 1998. Pterocryptis buccata, a new species of catfish from western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluridae) with epigean and hypogean populations. Ichthyol. Res. 45(4):393-399.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis burmanensis". FishBase . June 2013 version.
4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.