''Heteropneustes'' is a
genus of
catfishes, the airsac catfishes, native to
Asia. This genus is
monotypic.
Their bodies are elongated and compressed with greatly depressed heads. They have long air sacs that serve as lungs that extend from the
gill chamber. Their dorsal fins are short and have no spine. Their pectoral fins have an associated venom gland, so the fish are considered dangerous.
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oviparous
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; distinct pairing is possible.
Species
Five
species in this genus are recognized:
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* '']Heteropneustes fossilis
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, 1794) (stinging catfish)
* '' Heteropneustes kemratensis'' ( Fowler, 1937)
* '' Heteropneustes nani'' Hossain
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& Chowdhury, 2013[Hossain, M.S., Sarker, S., Sharifuzzaman, S.M. & Chowdhury, S.R. (2013)]
New species of stinging catfish ''Heteropneustes nani'' (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae) from Noakhali, Bangladesh.
''Vertebrate Zoology, 63 (3): 259–267.''
* '' Heteropneustes longipectoralis'' Rema Devi & Raghunathan, 1999
* '' Heteropneustes microps'' ( Günther, 1864)
* '' Heteropneustes fuscus'' Plamoottil, 2021(Black stinging catfish)
References
Fish of South Asia
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Johannes Peter Müller
Freshwater fish genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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Plamoottil, M. 2021.Heteropneustes fuscus (Siluriformes: Heteropneustidae), a new catfish species from Kerala, India. Biodiversitas, 22 (12): 87-98.