Pterocryptis gangelica

Pterocryptis gangelica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Pterocryptis
Species:	P. gangelica
Binomial name
Pterocryptis gangelica Peters, 1861

Pterocryptis gangelica is a species of catfish found in the Ganges River, where it occurs in India and Bangladesh.^[2]

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).^[3]

Type Locality

The type locality is listed as the Ganges River, India.^[4]

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Ganges River, India, the type locality for the fish.^[5]

References

1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Pterocryptis gangelica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168264A6471568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168264A6471568.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 1998. Pterocryptis buccata, a new species of catfish from western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluridae) with epigean and hypogean populations. Ichthyol. Res. 45(4):393-399.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis gangelica". FishBase. June 2013 version.
4. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=2946
5. 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.