Pterocryptis berdmorei • Siluridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Pterocryptis berdmorei** (Blyth, 1860)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Tenasserim provinces, Myanmar.
Synonym(s)	Silurichthys berdmorei, Silurus berdmorei, Silurus berdmorei berdmorei
Pronunciation	Terr oh krip tiss
Etymology	The generic name comes from the Greek pteron, meaning fin, and kryptos, meaning hidden; in reference to the small dorsal fin.
Species Information
Size	150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Catfishes of the genus Pterocryptis Peters, 1861, are medium sized members of the Siluridae usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. Pterocryptis had been considered a junior synonym of Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, until its rediagnosis by Bornbusch (1991). There are 16 nominal species of Pterocryptis (Ng & Freyhof, 2001). They can be distinguished from other siluroids by having a small dorsal fin,upper jaw longer than lower jaw and a confluent anal and caudal fin with a distnct notch between them.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Myanmar. Myanmar Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2)
Registered Keepers	(1) amiidae, (2) Stackdeck. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Pterocryptis berdmorei (Blyth, 1860)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Tenasserim provinces, Myanmar.

Synonym(s)

Silurichthys berdmorei, Silurus berdmorei, Silurus berdmorei berdmorei

Pronunciation

Terr oh krip tiss

Etymology

The generic name comes from the Greek pteron, meaning fin, and kryptos, meaning hidden; in reference to the small dorsal fin.

Species Information

Size

150mm (5.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Catfishes of the genus Pterocryptis Peters, 1861, are medium sized members of the Siluridae usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia. Pterocryptis had been considered a junior synonym of Silurus Linnaeus, 1758, until its rediagnosis by Bornbusch (1991). There are 16 nominal species of Pterocryptis (Ng & Freyhof, 2001). They can be distinguished from other siluroids by having a small dorsal fin,upper jaw longer than lower jaw and a confluent anal and caudal fin with a distnct notch between them.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Myanmar.
Myanmar Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Journal and Proceedings of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2)

Registered Keepers

(1) amiidae, (2) Stackdeck.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.

Articles