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| Amblyceps | |
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| Amblyceps mangois | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amblycipitidae |
| Genus: | Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858 | |
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Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.[1] The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[2] These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin.[3] In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate.[3] Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.9 in) SL.[2]
Distribution and habitat
[edit]These species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.[3] This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.[4] Three species are known from Myanmar: A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti and A. carinatum.[3]
Species
[edit]These are the currently recognized species in this genus:[5]
- Amblyceps accari Dahanukar, Raghavan, A. Ali & Britz, 2016 [6]
- Amblyceps apangi Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
- Amblyceps arunachalensis Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
- Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
- Amblyceps carinatum H. H. Ng, 2005 [3]
- Amblyceps cerinum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 [7]
- Amblyceps crassioris Vijayakrishnan & Praveenraj, 2024
- Amblyceps foratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps hmolaii Singh, Lalronunga & Ramliana, 2022
- Amblyceps improcerum Ng & Kottelat, 2018
- Amblyceps kurzii (F. Day, 1872)
- Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland, 1842)
- Amblyceps macropterus H. H. Ng, 2001
- Amblyceps mangois (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish)
- Amblyceps murraystuarti B. L. Chaudhuri, 1919
- Amblyceps platycephalus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps protentum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2009
- Amblyceps serratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860
- Amblyceps torrentis Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [8]
- Amblyceps tuberculatum Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [8]
- Amblyceps variegatum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
- Amblyceps vayavy Vijayakrishnan, B., Thackeray, T. & Shirke, A., 2026 [9]
- Amblyceps waikhomi Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 [10]
- Amblyceps yunnanensis X. Y. Zhang, Y. Long, H. Xiao & Z. M. Chen, 2016 [11]
References
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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Chen, X.; Lundberg, J.G. (1995). "Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae". Copeia. 1995 (4): 780–800. doi:10.2307/1447027. JSTOR 1447027.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Ng, H.H. (2005). "Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae)" (PDF). Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 53 (2): 243–249. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-08-11.
- ↑ Zhao, Y.; Lan, J.; Zhang, C. (2004). "A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China". Ichthyological Research. 51 (3): 228–232. Bibcode:2004IchtR..51..228Z. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0220-z.
- ↑ Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Amblyceps". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 26 October 2025.
- ↑ Dahanukar, N.; Raghavan, R.; Ali, A.; Britz, R. (2016). "Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India". Zootaxa. 4109 (2): 218–226. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4109.2.6. PMID 27394861.
- ↑ Ng, H.H.; Wright, J.J. (2010). "Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2672: 50–60. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2672.1.3.
- 1 2 Linthoingambi, I.; Vishwanath, W. (2008). "Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae". Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters. 19 (2): 167–174.
- ↑ Vijayakrishnan, B.; Thackeray, T.; Shirke, A. (2026). "Amblyceps vayavy, a new catfish from the northern part of the Western Ghats, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae)". Zootaxa. 5768 (3): 401–409. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.5768.3.6.
- ↑ Darshan, A.; Kachari, A.; Dutta, R.; Ganguly, A.; Das, D.N. (2016). "Amblyceps waikhomi, a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India". PLOS ONE. 11 (2) e0147283. Bibcode:2016PLoSO..1147283D. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0147283. PMC 4740403. PMID 26840400.
- ↑ Zhang, X.; Long, Y.; Xiao, H.; Chen, Z. (2016). "First record of the catfish genus Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae)". Folia Zoologica. 65 (2): 81–86. doi:10.25225/fozo.v65.i2.a1.2016.