''Pterocryptis'' is a

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of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout

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, southern China and

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. There are two

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species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' and ''P. cucphuongensis''.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: *'' Pterocryptis anomala'' ( Herre, 1933) *'' Pterocryptis barakensis'' Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2006 *'' Pterocryptis berdmorei'' ( Blyth, 1860) *'' Pterocryptis bokorensis'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937) *'' Pterocryptis buccata'' Ng &

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, 1998 (Cave sheatfish) *'' Pterocryptis burmanensis'' (Thant, 1966) *'' Pterocryptis cochinchinensis'' (

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, 1840) *'' Pterocryptis crenula'' Ng & Freyhof, 2001 *'' Pterocryptis cucphuongensis'' ( Mai, 1978) *''

Pterocryptis furnessi ''Pterocryptis furnessi'' is a species of catfish in the family Siluridae (the sheatfishes) endemic to Malaysia, where it occurs in the Niah and Baram river basins in Sarawak, on the island of Borneo Borneo (; id, Kalimantan) is the th ...

'' ( Fowler, 1905) *'' Pterocryptis gangelica''

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, 1861 *'' Pterocryptis indicus'' (Datta,

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, 1987) *''

Pterocryptis inusitata ''Pterocryptis inusitata'', is a species of catfish found in Asia, in the middle Nam Theun River drainage which is a part of the Mekong River The Mekong or Mekong River is a trans-boundary river in East Asia and Southeast Asia. It is the ...

'' Ng, 1999 *'' Pterocryptis taytayensis'' ( Herre, 1924) *'' Pterocryptis torrentis'' ( Kobayakawa, 1989) *'' Pterocryptis verecunda'' Ng & Freyhof, 2001 *'' Pterocryptis wynaadensis'' ( Day, 1873)

References

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