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A revision of the akysid catfish genus Acrochordonichthys Bleeker
Author(s) -
Ng H. H.,
Ng† P. K. L.
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
journal of fish biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.672
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1095-8649
pISSN - 0022-1112
DOI - 10.1111/j.1095-8649.2001.tb02260.x
Subject(s) - biology , catfish , snout , zoology , taxonomy (biology) , genus , fishery , fish <actinopterygii>
The taxonomy of the South‐east Asian catfish genus Acrochordonichthys (Akysidae) is revised.The shapes of the snout, humeral process and adipose fins are diagnostic species characters. Only four out of 11 species and one sub‐species described prior to this study are considered valid, namely A. rugosus (Bleeker, 1847), A. ischnosoma Bleeker, 1858, A. chamaeleon (Vaillant, 1902), and A. pachyderma Vaillant, 1902. An additional five new species ( A. guttatus, A. septentrionalis, A. mahakamensis, A. strigosus and A. falcifer ) are described.