| Malabar Silurus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pterocryptis |
| Species: | P. wynaadensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterocryptis wynaadensis (Day, 1873) | |
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Pterocryptis wynaadensis, also known as Malabar Silurus, is a species of catfish found in Asia in the Cauvery drainage in Kerala and Thungabadhra drainage in Karnataka, India. This species reaches a length of 30.0 cm (11.8 in).
Type Locality
The type locality is listed as Wynaad, India, elevation 3000 feet.
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Wynaad, where the type specimen was discovered.
References
- Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2011). "Pterocryptis wynaadensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T172472A6899106. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T172472A6899106.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Kobayakawa, M., 1989. Systematic revision of the catfish genus Silurus, with description of a new species from Thailand and Burma. Jap. J. Ichthyol. 36(2):155-186.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis wynaadensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=2924
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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| Pterocryptis wynaadensis | |
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