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Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae Sheatfishes

Genus: Pterocryptis

(See list of species below)


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17 species (see list below)
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Pterocryptis anomala Asia 25 TL 1934
Pterocryptis barakensis Asia 2006
Pterocryptis berdmorei Asia 21.4 SL 1860
Pterocryptis bokorensis Asia 15 TL 1937
Pterocryptis buccata Cave sheatfish Asia 14.7 SL 1998
Pterocryptis burmanensis Asia 1966
Pterocryptis cochinchinensis Asia 40.1 TL 1840
Pterocryptis crenula Asia 12.5 SL 2001
Pterocryptis cucphuongensis Asia 9.0 SL 1978
Pterocryptis furnessi Asia 17.5 TL 1905
Pterocryptis gangelica Asia 18 TL 1861
Pterocryptis indica Asia 25.3 TL 1987
Pterocryptis inusitata Asia 19.7 SL 1999
Pterocryptis taytayensis Asia 12 TL 1924
Pterocryptis torrentis Asia 20 TL 1989
Pterocryptis verecunda Asia 13.2 SL 2001
Pterocryptis wynaadensis Asia 30 TL 1873



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