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Pterocryptis taytayensis

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Pterocryptis taytayensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Species:
P. taytayensis
Binomial name
Pterocryptis taytayensis
(Herre, 1924)
Synonyms
List
  • Hito taytayensis Herre, 1924
  • Hitoichthys taytayensis Herre, 1924
  • Ompok taytayensis (Herre, 1924)
  • Ospatulus taytayensis Herre, 1924
  • Penesilurus palavanensis Herre, 1924
  • Penesilurus palawanensis Herre, 1924
  • Silurus palavanensis (Herre, 1924)

Pterocryptis taytayensis is a species of catfish found in Palawan, Philippines.[2]

This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]

Etymology

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The fish is named in honor of a small freshwater creek near Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, which is where the type specimen was found.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Ng, H.H. (2020). "Ompok taytayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T91212399A91212416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91212399A91212416.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  2. ^ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis taytayensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  4. ^ 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 26 December 2023.