| Pterocryptis torrentis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pterocryptis |
| Species: | P. torrentis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterocryptis torrentis (Kobayakawa, 1989) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Pterocryptis torrentis is a species of catfish found in Asia, from eastern Myanmar, Thailand and the Cardamon Mountains of southern Cambodia. [1]
This species reaches a length of 20.0 cm (7.9 in). [2]
The Moei River, also known as the Thaungyin River is a tributary of the Salween River. Unlike most rivers in Thailand, the Moei River flows north in a northwest direction. It originates in Phop Phra District, Tak Province, flowing then from south to north across Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, and Tha Song Yang Districts, finally entering the Salween River within the limits of Sop Moei District of Mae Hong Son Province. The river is 327 kilometres (203 mi) long.
Kryptopterus is a genus of catfishes belonging to the family Siluridae. They are found in freshwater throughout Southeast Asia. The scientific name comes from Ancient Greek kryptós + ptéryx. It refers to the reduced or even entirely absent dorsal fin of these catfishes.
Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae. The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus. These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with the median caudal-fin rays, a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin. In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate. Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.
Pterocryptis furnessi is a species of catfish in the family Siluridae endemic to Malaysia, where it occurs in the Niah and Baram river basins in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. Individuals of this species can reach a maximum length of 17.5 centimetres (6.9 in) TL.
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. There are two cavefish species in the genus, P. buccata and P. cucphuongensis.
Ompok bimaculatus, known as butter catfish, is a species of sheatfishes native to Asian countries such as Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, but recently identified in Myanmar. It also indetified in Mekong Basin of Vietnam
Pterocryptis burmanensis is a species of catfish found in the Indo-China peninsula.
Pterocryptis anomala is a species of catfish found in eastern Asia in the Pearl River drainages Minjiang and Zhujiang southwards into the streams draining the territory of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, China.
Pterocryptis taytayensis is a species of catfish found in Palawan, Philippines.
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 north-eastern Vietnam.
Pterocryptis verecunda is a species of catfish found in Cat Ba Island in north-eastern Vietnam..
Pterocryptis wynaadensis, also known as Malabar Silurus, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the Cauvery drainage in Kerala and Thungabadhra drainage in Karnataka, India.
Pterocryptis inusitata, is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the middle Nam Theun River drainage which is a part of the Mekong River drainage in Laos.
Pterocryptis gangelica is a species of catfish found in the Ganges River, where it occurs in India and Bangladesh.
Pterocryptis buccata, the cave sheatfish, is a species of catfish found in Asia, and presently known only from Amphoe Sai Yok in the Meklong basin in Kanchanaburi Province, western Thailand..
Pterocryptis cochinchinensis is a species of catfish found in the Nam Xam basin in Laos, Vietnam, south-eastern China, and Thailand.
Pterocryptis cucphuongensis is a species of catfish found in Vietnam.
Pterocryptis indicus is a species of catfish found in the Namdapha River in Arunachal Pradesh, India.
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