Amblyceps Mangois

''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 ''Amblyceps'' and ''Liobagrus'' are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to ''Xiurenbagrus''. These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate 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 largely separate from the caudal fin. 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 distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.Ng, H.H. (2005)
''Amblyceps carinatum'', a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae).
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249.'' This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.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: ''A. caecutiens'', ''A. murraystuarti'' and ''A. carinatum''.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:
* ''Amblyceps accari'' Dahanukar, Raghavan, A. Ali & Britz, 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.''
* ''Amblyceps apangi'' Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
* ''Amblyceps arunachalensis'' Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
* ''Amblyceps caecutiens'' Blyth, 1858
* ''Amblyceps carinatum'' H. H. Ng, 2005
* ''Amblyceps cerinum'' H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010)
''Amblyceps cerinum'', a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India.
''Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.''
* '' Amblyceps foratum'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
* ''Amblyceps kurzii'' ( F. Day, 1872)
* '' Amblyceps laticeps'' ( McClelland, 1842)
* '' Amblyceps macropterus'' H. H. Ng, 2001
* ''Amblyceps mangois'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish)
* ''Amblyceps murraystuarti'' B. L. Chaudhuri, 1919
* '' Amblyceps platycephalus'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
* '' Amblyceps protentum'' H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2009
* ''Amblyceps serratum'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
* '' Amblyceps tenuispinis'' Blyth, 1860
* '' Amblyceps torrentis'' Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 Linthoingambi, I. & Vishwanath, W. (2008): Two new catfish species of the genus ''Amblyceps'' from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). ''Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 (2): 167–174.''
* ''Amblyceps tuberculatum'' Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008
* '' Amblyceps variegatum'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
* ''Amblyceps waikhomi'' Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, 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.''

References

Amblycipitidae
Fish of South Asia
Fish of Southeast Asia
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Edward Blyth
Freshwater fish genera

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