Biology:Pterocryptis burmanensis

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Short description: Species of catfish

Pterocryptis burmanensis
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Species:
P. burmanensis
Binomial name
Pterocryptis burmanensis
(Thant, 1967)
Synonyms
  • Silurus burmanensis Thant, 1967

Pterocryptis burmanensis is a species of catfish found in the Indo-China peninsula.[2][3]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Burma (Myanmar), where this fish is endemic to Inlé Lake.[4]

References

  1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Silurus burmanensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e.T168263A6471454. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168263A6471454.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/168263/6471454. Retrieved 25 December 2023. 
  2. Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 1998. Pterocryptis buccata, a new species of catfish from western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluridae) with epigean and hypogean populations. Ichthyol. Res. 45(4):393-399.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2013). "Pterocryptis burmanensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. 22 September 2018. http://www.etyfish.org/siluriformes5/. 

Wikidata ☰ Q6407494 entry