genus
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of
fish
Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ...
in the
family
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Amblycipitidae
The Amblycipitidae are a family of catfishes, commonly known as torrent catfishes. It includes three genus, genera, ''Amblyceps'', ''Liobagrus'', and ''Xiurenbagrus'', and about 36 species.
Taxonomy
The family Amblycipitidae is a monophyly, mono ...
sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and t ...
pair that is, in turn, sister to '' Xiurenbagrus''. These
species
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are easily distinguished by the presence of
pinnate
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processes along with the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the
adipose fin
Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as s ...
largely separate from the
caudal fin
Fins are distinctive anatomical features composed of bony spines or rays protruding from the body of a fish. They are covered with skin and joined together either in a webbed fashion, as seen in most bony fish, or similar to a flipper, as se ...
. In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; ''A. apangi'' and ''A. murraystuarti'' differ in having their caudal fin truncate. ''Amblyceps'' species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.Chen, X. & Lundberg, J.G. (1995): ''Xiurenbagrus'', a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae. ''Copeia, 1995 (4): 780–800.''
Distribution and habitat
These species are
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India
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and the
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.Zhao, Y., Lan, J. & Zhang, C. (2004): A new species of amblycipitid catfish, ''Xiurenbagrus gigas'' (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China. ''Ichthyological Research, 51 (3): 228–232.'' Three species are known from
Myanmar
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: ''A. caecutiens'', ''A. murraystuarti'' and ''A. carinatum''.
Species
There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
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Amblyceps accari
''Amblyceps'' is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' The genera ''Ambly ...
Britz
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, 2016 Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A. & Britz, R. (2016): ''Amblyceps accari'', a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India. ''Zootaxa, 4109 (2): 218–226.''
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Amblyceps apangi
''Amblyceps'' is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' The genera ''Ambly ...
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Nath
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Amblyceps arunachalensis
''Amblyceps'' is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' The genera ''Ambly ...
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Nath
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Amblyceps caecutiens
''Amblyceps'' is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' The genera ''Ambly ...
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Amblyceps mangois
''Amblyceps'' is a genus of fish in the family (biology), family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' ...
Dutta
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, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 Darshan, A., Kachari, A., Dutta, R., Ganguly, A. & Das, D.N. (2016): ''Amblyceps waikhomi'', a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India. ''PLoS ONE, 11 (2): e0147283.''
* '' Amblyceps yunnanensis'' X. Y. Zhang, Y. Long, H. Xiao & Z. M. Chen, 2016 Zhang, X., Long, Y., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): First record of the catfish genus ''Amblyceps'' Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae). ''Folia Zoologica, 65 (2): 81-86.''