Heteropneustes fossilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Osteichthyes Classis: Actinopterygii Subclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Superordo: Ostariophysi Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Heteropneustidae
Genus: Heteropneustes
Species: Heteropneustes fossilis

Name

Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794: 46, Pl. 370)

Lectotype: ZMB 3074.

Paralectotypes: ZMB 33115 (1).

Type locality: Tranquebar [Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu State, India].

Synonyms

• Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794

References

• Bloch, M.E. 1794: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. 8: i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396.
• Jayaram, K.C. 2006: Catfishes of India. Narendera Publishing Houde, Delhi: i-xxii +1-383, Pls. 111.
• Ünlü, E., T. Çiçek, D. Deger and B.W. Coad, 2011: Range extension of the exotic Indian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) (Heteropneustidae) into the Turkish part of the Tigris River watershed., J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 141-143.
• Heteropneustes fossilis in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & D. Pauly (eds) (2013). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, version 10/2012.

Vernacular names

English: Stinging catfish
ไทย: ปลาจีด, ปลาเมง

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