Silurichthys

Silurichthys is a genus of sheatfishes native to Asia.

Silurichthys
Silurichthys schneideri
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Silurichthys
Bleeker, 1856
Type species
Silurus phaiosoma
Bleeker, 1851
Species

See text.

Some Silurichthys species are economically important as aquarium fishes, and many are useful biological indicators of the health of freshwater or peat swamp forests.[1]

In Silurichthys species, the eyes are small and under the skin.[1] It is likely sexual dimorphism is present in all species, based on species where there enough specimens available. Mature males of all species have a broad and somewhat flattened pectoral fin spine with "serrae" (saw-like teeth); in females and juveniles, the spine is slender and has no spines.[1] The largest species grow to a maximum of 15 or 16 cm.[2]

Species

There are currently nine recognized species in this genus:[3]

  • Silurichthys citatus Ng & Kottelat, 1997
  • Silurichthys gibbiceps Ng & Ng, 1998
  • Silurichthys hasseltii Bleeker, 1858
  • Silurichthys indragiriensis Volz, 1904
  • Silurichthys ligneolus Ng & Tan, 2011 (Brown leaf catfish)
  • Silurichthys marmoratus Ng & Ng, 1998
  • Silurichthys phaiosoma (Bleeker, 1851)
  • Silurichthys sanguineus Roberts, 1989
  • Silurichthys schneideri Volz, 1904

References
  1. Ng, H. H.; Ng, P. K. L. (1998). "A revision of the South-east Asian catfish genus Silurichthys". Journal of Fish Biology. 52: 291–333. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.1998.tb00800.x.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Silurichthys in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Silurichthys in FishBase. February 2012 version.


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