Pterocryptis taytayensis

Last updated

Pterocryptis taytayensis
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Species:
P. taytayensis
Binomial name
Pterocryptis taytayensis
(Herre, 1924)
Synonyms
List
  • Hito taytayensisHerre, 1924
  • Hitoichthys taytayensisHerre, 1924
  • Ompok taytayensis(Herre, 1924)
  • Ospatulus taytayensisHerre, 1924
  • Penesilurus palavanensisHerre, 1924
  • Penesilurus palawanensisHerre, 1924
  • Silurus palavanensis(Herre, 1924)

Pterocryptis taytayensis is a species of catfish found in Palawan, Philippines. [2]

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in). [3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of a small freshwater creek near Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, which is where the type specimen was found. [4]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Werner's catfish</span> Species of fish

Werner's catfish is a species of airbreathing catfish. It is found in Burundi and Tanzania. Its natural habitats are rivers and freshwater lakes. It is threatened by habitat loss. This species reaches a length of 23.0 cm SL.

Doumea chappuisi is a species of loach catfish found in the coastal rivers of Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia and Guinea-Bissau. It reaches a length of 11.4 cm.

Doumea thysi is a species of loach catfish found in Nigeria where it is found in the Cross River and Cameroon where it is found in that country's section of the Cross River and Ndian Department. It reaches a length of 6.5 cm.

Pareiorhina rudolphi is a species of armored catfish endemic to Brazil where it occurs in the Paraíba do Sul River near Lorena, São Paulo State, Brazil. This species grows to a length of 4.5 centimetres (1.8 in) TL.

Malapterurus teugelsi is a species of electric catfish endemic to Guinea where it occurs in the Kogon River. This species grows to a length of 21.2 centimetres (8.3 in) SL.

<i>Atopochilus savorgnani</i> Species of fish

Atopochilus savorgnani is a species of upside-down catfish native to Cameroon where it is found in the Ntem River, Equatorial Guinea where it occurs in Río Muni and Gabon where it is found in the upper Ogowe River.

<i>Microsynodontis polli</i> Species of fish

Microsynodontis polli is a species of upside-down catfish native to Guinea from the Gbin River and Liberia from Saint John. This species grows to a length of 4.1 centimetres (1.6 in) TL.

Exostoma berdmorei is a species of sisorid catfish found in Myanmar and Thailand. This species reaches a length of 10.0 cm (3.9 in).

Pseudolaguvia ribeiroi, the painted catfish, is a species of catfish from Nepal and India. This species reaches a length of 10 cm (4 in).

Silurus grahami is an endangered species of catfish found in Asia and is endemic to Yunnan, China.

Pterocryptis burmanensis is a species of catfish found in the Indo-China peninsula.

Pterocryptis barakensis, is a species of catfish found in the Barak River of the Brahmaputra River basin in India.

Pterocryptis berdmorei, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in Myanmar and India.

Pterocryptis crenula, is a species of catfish found in northeastern Viet Nam.

Pterocryptis verecunda, is a species of catfish found in Cat Ba Island in northeastern Viet Nam..

Pterocryptis wynaadensis, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the Cauvery drainage in Kerala and Thungabadhra drainage in Karnataka, India.

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

Pterocryptis bokorensis, is a species of catfish found in the Mekong basin.

Pterocryptis cochinchinensis, is a species of catfish found in the Nam Xam basin in Laos, Viet Nam, and southeastern China and Thailand.

Pterocryptis cucphuongensis, is a species of catfish found in Viet Nam.

References

  1. ↑ Ng, H.H. (2020). "Ompok taytayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2020: e.T91212399A91212416. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91212399A91212416.en . Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ↑ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
  3. ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pterocryptis taytayensis" in 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 26 December 2023.


This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.