Pterocryptis crenula

Pterocryptis crenula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Pterocryptis
Species:	P. crenula
Binomial name
	Pterocryptis crenula; H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2001

Last updated December 28, 2025

Pterocryptis crenula is a species of catfish found in north-eastern Vietnam.^[1]

This species reaches a length of 12.5 cm (4.9 in).^[2]

Etymology

The fish's name comes from the Latin for a small notch, referring to the relatively shallow notch between the confluent anal and caudal fins.^[3]

References

↑ Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2001. A review of the catfish genus Pterocryptis (Siluridae) in Vietnam, with the description of two new species. J. Fish Biol. 59(3):624-644.
↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis crenula". FishBase . June 2013 version.
↑ 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.

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[1] Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2001. A review of the catfish genus Pterocryptis (Siluridae) in Vietnam, with the description of two new species. J. Fish Biol. 59(3):624-644.

[2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis crenula". FishBase . June 2013 version.

[ETYFish-3] 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.

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