Leiocassis
| Leiocassis | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Leiocassis Bleeker, 1857 |
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Leiocassis is a genus of bagrid catfishes found mostly in Southeast Asia with some species occurring in China.
This genus has a confused taxonomy and there is uncertainty surrounding the number of valid species.[1] Certain East Asian bagrids formerly placed in this genus have been moved to Pseudobagrus.[1] In 2006, Heok Hee Ng considered the genus Leiocassis to be restricted to Sundaic Southeast Asia and Borneo and only a handful of species as valid (L. aculeatus, L. collinus, L. hosii, L. micropogon, L. poecilopterus, and L. tenebricus).[1]
The members of Leiocassis have an elongate narrow head and a prominently protruding snout.[1]
Species
There are currently 13 recognized species in this genus:[2]
- Leiocassis aculeatus H. H. Ng & Hadiaty, 2005[3]
- Leiocassis brevirostris V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Leiocassis collinus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006[1]
- Leiocassis crassirostris Regan, 1913
- Leiocassis doriae Regan, 1913
- Leiocassis hosii Regan, 1906[1]
- Leiocassis longibarbus G. H. Cui, 1990
- Leiocassis longirostris Günther, 1864 (Chinese longsnout catfish)
- Leiocassis micropogon (Bleeker, 1852)
- Leiocassis poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Leiocassis saravacensis Boulenger, 1894
- Leiocassis tenebricus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006[1]
- Leiocassis yeni V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ng, Heok Hee; Lim, Kelvin K. P. (June 2006). "Two new species of Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae), riverine catfishes from northeast Borneo". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 17 (2): 165–172.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Leiocassis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ Ng, Heok Hee; Hadiaty, Renny K. (March 2005). "Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 16 (1): 83–92.
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