''Amblyceps'' is a

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in the

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Amblycipitidae The Amblycipitidae are a family of catfishes, commonly known as torrent catfishes. It includes three genera, '' Amblyceps'', '' Liobagrus'', and '' Xiurenbagrus'', and about 36 species. Taxonomy The family Amblycipitidae is a monophyletic group ...

.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007)
Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.
''Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.'' The genera ''Amblyceps'' and ''Liobagrus'' are

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pair that is, in turn, sister to '' Xiurenbagrus''. These

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are easily distinguished by the presence of

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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

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largely separate from the

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. In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; ''A. apangi'' and ''A. murraystuarti'' differ in having their caudal fin truncate. ''Amblyceps'' species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.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.''

Distribution and habitat

These species are

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throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.Ng, H.H. (2005)
''Amblyceps carinatum'', a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae).
''Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249.'' This genus is mainly distributed in

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and the

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.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.'' Three species are known from

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: ''A. caecutiens'', ''A. murraystuarti'' and ''A. carinatum''.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus: * '' Amblyceps accari'' Dahanukar,

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, 2016 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.'' * '' Amblyceps apangi''

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& S. C. Dey, 1989 * '' Amblyceps arunachalensis''

& S. C. Dey, 1989 * '' Amblyceps caecutiens'' Blyth, 1858 * '' Amblyceps carinatum'' H. H. Ng, 2005 * '' Amblyceps cerinum'' H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010)
''Amblyceps cerinum'', a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India.
''Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.'' * '' Amblyceps foratum'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000 * '' Amblyceps kurzii'' ( F. Day, 1872) * '' Amblyceps laticeps'' (

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, 1842) * '' Amblyceps macropterus'' H. H. Ng, 2001 * ''

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'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish) * '' Amblyceps murraystuarti''

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, 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 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.'' * '' Amblyceps tuberculatum'' Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 * '' Amblyceps variegatum'' H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000 * '' Amblyceps waikhomi''

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, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 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.'' * '' Amblyceps yunnanensis'' X. Y. Zhang, Y. Long, H. Xiao & Z. M. Chen, 2016 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.''

References

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