Chaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Chacidae
Genus: Chaca
Species: C. bankanensis – C. burmensis – C. chaca – C. serica

Name

Chaca Gray, 1831: 9

Type species: Chaca hamiltonii Gray, 1831 (= Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822). Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

  • Brachystacus Van der Hoeven, 1855: 280
  • Chaca Valenciennes, 1832: 386

References

  • Gray, J.E. 1831: Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. Zoological Miscellany, 1831: 7–9.
  • Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 2007, Zootaxa 1418: 1–628
  • Ng, H.H.; Kottelat, M. 2012: Chaca serica, a new species of frogmouth catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. Zootaxa, 3258: 37–45. Preview

Vernacular names

English: Squarehead catfish, Angler catfish, Frogmouth catfish
ไทย: ปลากะแมะ
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