Pterocryptis

Pterocryptis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Pterocryptis; Peters, 1861
Type species
	Pterocryptis gangelica; Peters, 1861
Species
	See text.
Synonyms
	Apodoglanis; Fowler, 1905; Hito; Herre, 1924; Hitoichthys; Herre 1924; Penesilurus; Herre, 1924; Herklotsella; Herre, 1933

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]

(Herre, 1933)
& , 2006
(Blyth, 1860)
(Pellegrin & , 1937)
Ng & Kottelat, 1998 (Cave sheatfish)
(Thant, 1966)
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Ng & Freyhof, 2001
(, 1978)
Pterocryptis furnessi (Fowler, 1905)
Peters, 1861
(Datta, & , 1987)
Ng, 1999
(Herre, 1924)
(, 1989)
Ng & Freyhof, 2001
(Day, 1873)

References[]

^ 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.
^ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768
^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). Species of Pterocryptis in FishBase. July 2014 version.

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[Ng-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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