Pterocryptis Peters

Heok Hee Ng & Bosco P. - L. Chan, 2005, Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China., Zootaxa 1060, pp. 51-64 : 51

publication ID

z01060p051

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6267807

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scientific name

Pterocryptis Peters
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Catfishes of the genus Pterocryptis Peters, 1861   ZBK , are medium sized members of the Siluridae usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. Pterocryptis   ZBK had been considered a junior synonym of Silurus Linnaeus, 1758   ZBK , until its rediagnosis by Bornbusch (1991). There are 16 nominal species of Pterocryptis   ZBK (see Ng & Freyhof, 2001). Of these, only P. cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1839) , P. anomala (Herre, 1933) and P. gilberti (Hora, 1938) have been reported from China. Recent work by Ng & Freyhof (2001) suggests that P. cochinchinensis is restricted to central Vietnam. This prompted us to examine Pterocryptis   ZBK from southern China with the objective of clarifying its taxonomic status. Our results show that P. cochinchinensis also occurs on Hainan Island (off the southeastern coast of China) and that material from southern China and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region represent a distinct species for which the name P. anomala is available. We therefore redescribe P. anomala as a valid species in this study, and treat P. gilberti as its junior synonym.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Siluridae

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