Pterocryptis

Pterocryptis
Pterocryptis wynaadensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

  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. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1060.1.4. S2CID 85786142.
  2. ^ Romero, A., editor (2001). The Biology of Hypogean Fishes. Developments in Environmental Biology of Fishes. ISBN 978-1402000768