Pseudecheneis
| Pseudecheneis | |
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| Pseudecheneis sulcatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Tribe: | Pseudecheneidina de Pinna, 1996 |
| Genus: | Pseudecheneis Blyth, 1860 |
| Type species | |
| Glyptothorax sulcatus McClelland, 1842
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Pseudecheneis is a
sisorid catfishes native to Asia
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Species
There are currently 19 recognized species in this genus:[1]
- Pseudecheneis brachyurus W. Zhou, X. Li & Y. Yang, 2008[2]
- H. H. Ng, 2006[4]
- Pseudecheneis gracilis W. Zhou, X. Li & Y. Yang, 2008[2]
- Pseudecheneis immaculatus X. L. Chu, 1982
- Pseudecheneis koladynae Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2010[5]
- Pseudecheneis longipectoralis W. Zhou, X. Li & Y. Yang, 2008[2]
- H. H. Tan, 2007[6]
- Pseudecheneis paucipunctatus W. Zhou, X. Li & Y. Yang, 2008[2]
- Vaillant, 1892
- Pseudecheneis sirenica Vishwanath & Darshan, 2007[7]
- H. H. Ng, 2006[4]
- Pseudecheneis sulcata (McClelland, 1842)[4] (Sucker throat catfish)
- Pseudecheneis sulcatoides W. Zhou & X. L. Chu, 1992
- H. H. Ng, 2006[8]
- Pseudecheneis sympelvica T. R. Roberts, 1998
- Pseudecheneis tchangi (Hora, 1937)[4]
- Pseudecheneis ukhrulensis Vishwanath & Darshan, 2007[7]
Distribution
Pseudecheneis species are
P. maurus represents the first record of the genus on the rivers draining to the eastern face of the Annamese Cordillera.Description
Pseudecheneis species are easily distinguished among sisorids in having a thoracic adhesive apparatus consisting of a series of transverse ridges (laminae) separated by grooves (sulcae).
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Pseudecheneis in FishBase. February 2012 version.
- ^ a b c d Zhou, Wei; Xu Li; Ying Yang (2008). "A review of the catfish genus Pseudecheneis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from China, with the description of four new species from Yunnan" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 56 (1): 107–124.
- ^ a b c d Ng, Heok Hee; Edds, David R. (2005). "Two new species of Pseudecheneis, rheophilic catfishes (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1047: 1–19.
- ^ a b c d e Ng, Heok Hee (2006). "The identity of Pseudecheneis sulcata (M'Clelland, 1842), with descriptions of two new species of rheophilic catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal and China" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1254: 45–68.
- ^ Anganthoibi; Vishwanath (2010). "Pseudecheneis koladynae, a new sisorid catfish from Mizoram, India (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 21 (3): 199–204.
- ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Tan, Heok Hui (2007). "Pseudecheneis maurus, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Central Vietnam" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1406: 25–32.
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- ^ a b Ng, Heok Hee (2006). "Pseudecheneis suppaetula, a new species of glyptosternine catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1267: 59–68.
- ^ a b Thomson, Alfred W.; Page, Lawrence M. (2006). "Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae (Teleostei: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1345: 1–96.