| Encheloclarias | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Clariidae |
| Genus: | Encheloclarias Herre & G. S. Myers, 1937 |
| Type species | |
| Heterobranchus tapeinopterus Bleeker, 1852 | |
Encheloclarias is a genus of airbreathing catfishes endemic to Southeast Asia.
Species
There are currently seven recognized species in this genus:
- Encheloclarias baculum P. K. L. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Encheloclarias curtisoma P. K. L. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Encheloclarias kelioides P. K. L. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Encheloclarias medialis H. H. Ng, 2012
- Encheloclarias prolatus P. K. L. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 1993
- Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1852)
- Encheloclarias velatus H. H. Ng & H. H. Tan, 2000
Encheloclarias are often found deep within the substratum of peat swamps.
This genus differs from Heterobranchus and Dinotopterus in lacking extensions of the neural spine supporting the adipose fin.
References
- ^ Ng, H. H.; Tan, H. H. (2000). "A new species of Encheloclarias from Sumatra". Journal of Fish Biology. 57: 536–539. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2000.tb02193.x.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Encheloclarias". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Ng, H.H. (2012): Encheloclarias medialis, a new catfish from southern Borneo (Teleostei: Clariidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (2): 111-116.
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