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Amblyceps
Genus of fishes

Amblyceps
Amblyceps mangois
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Amblyceps
Blyth, 1858
Type species
Amblyceps caecutiens
Blyth, 1858
Synonyms
  • Branchiosteus Gill, 1861

Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae. The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus. These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with 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. In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate. Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.

Distribution and habitat

These species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers. This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula. Three species are known from Myanmar: A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti and A. carinatum.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:

References

  1. Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.
  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.
  3. ^ Ng, H.H. (2005): Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249.
  4. 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.
  5. Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A. & Britz, R. (2016): Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4109 (2): 218–226.
  6. Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010): Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India. Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. 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.
  9. Zhang, X., Long, Y., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): First record of the catfish genus Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae). Folia Zoologica, 65 (2): 81-86.
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Amblyceps


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