Laides

Laides
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ailiidae
Genus:	Laides D. S. Jordan, 1919
Type species
Pangasius hexanema Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
Laïs Bleeker, 1857

Laides is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.^[1] These species are originates from Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins.^[2]

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

• Laides hexanema (Bleeker, 1852)
• Laides longibarbis (Fowler, 1934)

References

1. Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., Murphy, R.W., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae). PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0145675.
2. Ferraris, C.J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.