| Conta | |
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| Conta | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Erethistidae |
| Genus: | Conta Hora, 1950 |
| Type species | |
| Pimelodus conta F. Hamilton | |
Conta is a small genus of South Asian river catfishes native to India and Bangladesh.
Conta can be distingguished from all other erethistids by the presence of a very long and narrow adhesive apparatus on its thorax about six times as it is long. It also has extremely narrow gill openings, a slender body, a serrated anterior margin on the dorsal fin spine, a papillate upper lip, and 9–10 anal fin rays. The eyes are small and located dorsolaterally. There is villiform (brush-like) teeth in both jaws. The pectoral fin spine is serrated anteriorly and posteriorly. [1]
Conta pectinata differs from Conta conta in that it has a longer and more slender caudal peduncle and in having anteriorly-directed serrations (instead of antrorse or distally-directed serrations) the anterior edge of the pectoral fin spine. [2]
The stream catfishes comprise the family Akysidae of catfishes.
Erethistidae are a family of catfishes that originate from southern Asia. It includes about 45 species.
Pseudolaguvia is a genus of South Asian river catfishes. These species inhabit hill streams and large rivers. P. tenebricosa is found in fast running, clear water; the river has a sandy bottom and numerous rocks and boulders and aquatic vegetation is absent. P. inornata is from clear, shallow, moderately flowing streams with a predominantly sandy bottom. P. muricata is found in clear, shallow, slow-flowing streams with a mixed substrate of sand and detritus; these fish are found amongst detritus in areas with current. P. ferula is also found in swift flowing waters with a mixed rocky/sandy bottom.
Glyptothorax is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Sisoridae. It is the most species-rich and widely distributed genus in the family with new species being discovered on a regular basis. These species are distributed in the Black Sea basin, northern Turkey, south and east to the Yangtze River drainage in China and south throughout Indo-China to Java, Indonesia. They are found in Asia Minor and southwards to Southeast Asia. The genus is very diverse in the Indian subcontinent. Southeast Asian species tend to have restricted distributions.
Caelatoglanis zonatus is a species of catfish of the family Erethistidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Caelatoglanis.
Ayarnangra estuarius is a species of catfish of the family Erethistidae. It is the only member of the monotypic genus Ayarnangra.
Glaridoglanis andersonii is a species of catfish of the family Sisoridae. It is the only species of the monotypic genus Glaridoglanis.
Sisoroidea is a superfamily of catfishes. It contains the four families Amblycipitidae, Akysidae, Sisoridae, and Erethistidae; many sources also include Aspredinidae. With Aspredinidae, this superfamily includes about 42 genera and 230 species.
Erethistoides is a genus of South Asian river catfishes.
Erethistes is a genus of South Asian river catfishes.
Pseudecheneis is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Gogangra is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Sisor is a genus of catfishes native to Asia.
Gagata is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Nangra is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.
Acrochordonichthys is a genus of catfishes of the family Akysidae. It includes ten species.
Chimarrichthys kishinouyei is a species of sisorid catfish native to Asia.
Microsynodontis armatus is a species of upside-down catfish endemic to Gabon where it occurs in the Ivindo River. It was first described in 2004 by Ng Heok Hee.
Clarias anfractus is a species of clariid catfish from Borneo. It is known from the Segama and Kalabakan drainages in Sabah, Northeastern Borneo.
Clarias microspilus is a species of clariid catfish from Sumatra. It is known from short coastal rivers that drain the western face of the Leuser Mountain Range, in Aceh Province
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