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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae Sisorid catfishes
Subfamily: Glyptosterninae
Genus: Exostoma

(See list of species below)


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10 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Exostoma barakense Asia 9.8 SL 2007
Exostoma berdmorei Asia 10 TL 1860
Exostoma effrenum Asia 6.5 SL 2014
Exostoma gaoligongense Gaoligong mountain catfish Asia 7.7 SL 2017
Exostoma labiatum Burmese bat catfish Asia 11 TL 1842
Exostoma peregrinator Asia 7.0 SL 2014
Exostoma sawmteai Asia 8.5 SL 2015
Exostoma stuarti Asia 5.6 SL 1923
Exostoma tenuicaudatum Asia 10.8 SL 2015
Exostoma vinciguerrae Asia 3.6 SL 1905



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