''Chimarrichthys'' is a
genus
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of
fish
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in the
family
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Sisoridae
Sisoridae is a family of catfishes. These Asian catfishes live in fast-moving waters and often have adaptations that allow them to adhere to objects in their habitats. The family includes about 235 species.
Taxonomy
The family Sisoridae is recog ...
endemic
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to
China
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.
Species
These are the valid species within the genus:
* ''
Chimarrichthys davidi''
Sauvage, 1874
* ''
Chimarrichthys kishinouyei''
(Kimura, 1934)
* ''
Chimarrichthys longibarbatus''
(Zhou, Li & Thomson, 2011)
* ''
Chimarrichthys longus''
( W. Zhou, X. Li & A. W. Thomson, 2011)
* ''
Chimarrichthys nami''
(Tran, Nguyen, Dang, Nguyen & Nguyen, 2023)
References
Catfish genera
Freshwater fish genera
Sisoridae
Taxa named by Henri Émile Sauvage
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