Silurichthys
Silurichthys | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Silurichthys Bleeker, 1856 |
Type species | |
Silurus phaiosoma Bleeker, 1851
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Species | |
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Silurichthys is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia.
Some Silurichthys species are economically important as aquarium fishes, and many are useful biological indicators of the health of freshwater or peat swamp forests.[1]
In Silurichthys species, the eyes are small and under the skin.[1] It is likely sexual dimorphism is present in all species, based on species where there enough specimens available. Mature males of all species have a broad and somewhat flattened pectoral fin spine with "serrae" (saw-like teeth); in females and juveniles, the spine is slender and has no spines.[1]
Species[]
There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Ng & Kottelat, 1997
- Ng & , 1998
- Bleeker, 1858
- , 1904
- Ng & Tan, 2011 (Brown leaf catfish)
- Ng & , 1998
- (Bleeker, 1851)
- Roberts, 1989
- , 1904
References[]
- ^ a b c Ng, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. (1998). "A revision of the South-east Asian catfish genus Silurichthys". Journal of Fish Biology. 52: 291–333. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1998.tb00800.x.
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Silurichthys in FishBase. February 2012 version.
Categories:
- Siluridae
- Freshwater fish genera
- Catfish genera
- Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
- Siluriformes stubs