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Pterocryptis

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Pterocryptis

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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.[1] There are two cavefish species in the genus, P. buccata and P. cucphuongensis.[2]

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus:[3]

References

  1. ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Chan, Bosco P.-L. (2005). "Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China". Zootaxa. 1060: 51–64.
  2. ^ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pterocryptis in FishBase. July 2014 version.
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Pterocryptis: Brief Summary

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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.

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