Family Heteropneustidae - Airsac catfishes
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Class |
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Actinopterygii |
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No. in FishBase |
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Genera : 1 | Species : 5 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes |
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Environment |
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Fresh : Yes |
Brackish : No |
Marine : No |
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Division |
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Primary freshwater |
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Aquarium |
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none |
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First Fossil Record |
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Remark |
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Distribution: Pakistan to Thailand. Elongate and compressed body. Head strongly depressed. Barbels 4 pairs. A long air sac that serves as a lung extends backwards from gill chamber. Short dorsal fin with no leading spine. No adipose fin or present as a low ridge. Pectoral spines with associated poison gland dangerous to humans. |
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Etymology |
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Greek, heteros = other + Greek, pneo = breath ( Ref. 45335). |
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Reproductive guild |
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guarders |
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Typical activity level |
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normal |
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Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | Otophysa | Characiphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | Heteropneustidae |
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In the column CofF, the digit indicates the status of synchronization with CofF: 0: Not checked; 1: Same status; 2: Different status; 3: Other combination; 4: Synonym in CofF; 5: Species/Subspecies issue; 6: Synonym of another species in CofF; 7: Not in CofF; 8: Should not be in CofF. The CofF version currently used is the one published on 23-07-2014 (Ref. 97102).
The list ordered as follows:
Please send comments and corrections if you detect errors or missing names.
Scientifc name | Status | Senior/Junior synonym | Combination | CofF |
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Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) | accepted | senior | new | |
Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794 | synonym | senior | original | 2 |
Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794) | synonym | senior | new | |
Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822 | synonym | junior | original | 2 |
Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822) | synonym | junior | new | |
Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838 | synonym | junior | original | 2 |
Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839 | synonym | junior | original | 2 |
Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864 | synonym | junior | original | 2 |
Heteropneustes microps (non Günther, 1864) | misapplied | misapplied | new | |
Saccobranchus microps (non Günther, 1864) | misapplied | misapplied | original | |
Clarisilurus kemratensis (non Fowler, 1937) | misapplied | misapplied | original | |
Heteropneustes microps (Günther, 1864) | accepted | senior | new | |
Saccobranchus microps Günther, 1864 | synonym | senior | original | 1 |
Heteropneustes kemratensis (Fowler, 1937) | accepted | senior | new | |
Clarisilurus kemratensis Fowler, 1937 | synonym | senior | original | 2 |
Heteropneustes fossilis (non Bloch, 1794) | misapplied | misapplied | new | |
Heteropneustes longipectoralis Rema Devi & Raghunathan, 1999 | accepted | senior | original | 2 |
Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Chowdhury, 2013 | accepted | senior | original | 2 |