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Pinniwallago kanpurensis

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Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pinniwallago
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981
Species: P. kanpurensis
Binomial name
Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981

Pinniwallago kanpurensis is the only species in the genus Pinniwallago of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Siluridae. This species is known only from Uttar Pradesh, India. It reaches a length of about 50 centimetres (20 in).

References

  1. ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr.; Miya, M; Azuma, Y; Nishida, M (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pinniwallago kanpurensis". FishBase. Sep 2008 version.
Taxon identifiers
Pinniwallago kanpurensis


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