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Pterocryptis burmanensis

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Species of catfish

Pterocryptis burmanensis
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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.

Etymology

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

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. 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; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis burmanensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Pterocryptis burmanensis


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