| Pterocryptis cochinchinensis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pterocryptis |
| Species: | P. cochinchinensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pterocryptis cochinchinensis (Valenciennes, 1840) | |
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Pterocryptis cochinchinensis is a species of catfish found in the Nam Xam basin in Laos, Vietnam, south-eastern China, and Thailand.[2]
This species reaches a length of 40.1 cm (15.8 in).[3]
Type Locality
The type locality is listed as Cochinchine.[4]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Cochinchine, now known as southern Vietnam, which is the type locality of the fish.[5]
References
- ↑ Huckstorf, V. (2012). "Pterocryptis cochinchinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T166991A1160780. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T166991A1160780.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ↑ Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pterocryptis cochinchinensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ↑ https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?task=&species_id=1027
- ↑ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.
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