Amblyceps
| Amblyceps | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amblycipitidae |
| Genus: | Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Branchiosteus Gill, 1861 | |
Amblyceps is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Amblycipitidae.[1] The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[2]
Distribution and habitat
Amblyceps species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.[3] Amblyceps are mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.[4] Three species are known from Myanmar, A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti, and A. carinatum.[3]
Description
Amblyceps are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin.[3] In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate.[3] Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.[2]
Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:
- Amblyceps apangi Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
- Amblyceps arunachalensis Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
- Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
- Amblyceps carinatum H. H. Ng, 2005 [3]
- Amblyceps cerinum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 [5]
- Amblyceps foratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps kurzii (F. Day, 1872)
- Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland, 1842)
- Amblyceps macropterus H. H. Ng, 2001
- Amblyceps mangois (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish)
- Amblyceps murraystuarti Chaudhuri, 1919
- Amblyceps platycephalus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps protentum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2009
- Amblyceps serratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860
- Amblyceps torrentis Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [6]
- Amblyceps tuberculatum Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [6]
- Amblyceps variegatum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps waikhomi Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 [7]
References
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- ↑ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.
- 1 2 Chen, X. & Lundberg, J.G. (1995). "Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae". Copeia, 1995 (4): 780–800.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ng, H.H. (2005). "Amblyceps carinatum, a New Species of Hillstream Catfish from Myanmar (Telestei: Amblycipitidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249.
- ↑ Zhao, Y., Lan, J. & Zhang, C. (2004). "A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China". Ichthyological Research, 51 (3): 228–232.
- ↑ Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010). "Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India" (PDF). Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.
- 1 2 Linthoingambi, I. & Vishwanath, W. (2008). "Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae)". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 (2): 167–174.
- ↑ Darshan, A., Kachari, A., Dutta, R., Ganguly, A. & Das, D.N. (2016): Amblyceps waikhomi, a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE, 11 (2): e0147283.