''Pterocryptis'' is a

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of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout

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, southern China and

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. There are two

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species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' and ''P. cucphuongensis''.

Species

There are currently 17 recognized species in this genus: *''

Pterocryptis anomala ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

'' ( Herre, 1933) *'' Pterocryptis barakensis'' Vishwanath & Nebeshwar Sharma, 2006 *'' Pterocryptis berdmorei'' (

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, 1860) *''

Pterocryptis bokorensis ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

'' ( Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937) *''

Pterocryptis buccata ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

'' Ng & Kottelat, 1998 (Cave sheatfish) *''

Pterocryptis burmanensis ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

'' (Thant, 1966) *''

Pterocryptis cochinchinensis ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

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, 1840) *''

Pterocryptis crenula ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

'' Ng & Freyhof, 2001 *''

Pterocryptis cucphuongensis ''Pterocryptis cucphuongensis'' is a species of catfish found in Vietnam. This species reaches a length of . Etymology The fish is named in honor of a cave in Cuc Phuong National Park CUC may refer to: Education * Canadian University Col ...

'' ( Mai, 1978) *'' Pterocryptis furnessi'' ( Fowler, 1905) *''

Pterocryptis gangelica ''Pterocryptis gangelica'' is a species of catfish found in the Ganges River, where it occurs in India and Bangladesh. This species reaches a length of . Type Locality The type locality is listed as the Ganges River, India.https://www.planet ...

'' Peters, 1861 *''

Pterocryptis indicus ''Pterocryptis indicus'' is a species of catfish found in the Namdapha River in Arunachal Pradesh, India. This species reaches a length of . Type Locality The Type (biology), type locality is listed as Hornbill Point, Namdapha River, Namdapha ...

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, 1987) *'' Pterocryptis inusitata'' Ng, 1999 *'' Pterocryptis taytayensis'' ( Herre, 1924) *''

Pterocryptis torrentis ''Pterocryptis torrentis'' is a species of catfish found in Asia, from eastern Myanmar, Thailand and the Cardamon Mountains The Cardamom Mountains ( km, ជួរភ្នំក្រវាញ, ; th, ทิวเขาบรรทัด, ...

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, 1989) *'' Pterocryptis verecunda'' Ng & Freyhof, 2001 *''

Pterocryptis wynaadensis ''Pterocryptis'' is a genus of sheatfish. These fish are medium-sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. There are two cavefish species in the genus, ''P. buccata'' an ...

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, 1873)

References

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