Hemibagrus punctatus

Hemibagrus punctatus

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Superclass: Osteichthyes
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Hemibagrus
Species: H. punctatus
Binomial name
Hemibagrus punctatus
(Jerdon, 1849)
Synonyms

Mystus maydelli (non Rössel, 1964)[2]
Mystus punctatus (Jerdon, 1849)[3]
Macrones punctatus (Jerdon, 1849)[3]
Bagrus punctatus Jerdon, 1849[2]

Hemibagrus punctatus[3] (Nilgiri mystus) is a fish species first described by Jerdon in 1849. Hemibagrus punctatus is a member of the genus Hemibagrus and the family Bagridae.[4][5] IUCN categorizes the species as critically endangered.[1] No subspecies are listed in the Catalogue of Life.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 "Hemibagrus punctatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. 2011. Retrieved 2012-10-24.
  2. 1 2 Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991) Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2., A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
  3. 1 2 3 Eschmeyer, W.N., Editor (2008) Catalog of fishes. Updated database Internet version of April 2008., Catalog databases as made available to FishBase in April 2008.
  4. 1 2 Archived 2011 at WebCite
  5. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Hemibagrus punctatus" in FishBase. September 2014 version.


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