Pterocryptis bokorensis is a species of catfish found in the Mekong basin.[2]
Pterocryptis bokorensis | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Pterocryptis |
Species: | P. bokorensis
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Binomial name | |
Pterocryptis bokorensis | |
Synonyms | |
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This species reaches a length of 15.0 cm (5.9 in).[3]
Etymology
editThe fish is named in honor of Bokor, Cambodia, elevation 800-1000 meters, the type locality.[4]
References
edit- ^ Ng, H.H. (2012). "Pterocryptis bokorensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2012: e.T180835A1667981. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2012-1.RLTS.T180835A1667981.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
- ^ Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis bokorensis". FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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.