Pterocryptis gangelica

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Pterocryptis gangelica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Species:
P. gangelica
Binomial name
Pterocryptis gangelica
Peters, 1861

Pterocryptis gangelica is a species of catfish found in the Ganges River, where it occurs in India and Bangladesh. [2]

Contents

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in). [3]

Type Locality

The type locality is listed as the Ganges River, India. [4]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Ganges River, India, the type locality for the fish. [5]

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References

  1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Pterocryptis gangelica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2010: e.T168264A6471568. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168264A6471568.en . Retrieved 27 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.) (2013). "Pterocryptis gangelica" in FishBase . June 2013 version.
  4. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=2946
  5. 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.