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Species in the family or subfamily Heteropneustidae: [ 10 ] records


biserratus, Silurus Swainson [W.] 1839:306 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Ganges Basin, India. No types known. Based on Ham. pl. 37. f 46 -- which is Hamilton 1822:Pl. 37 (fig. 46) [ref. 2031]. If a true replacement name for singio Hamilton, then see singio for type specimens. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Hossain et al. 2013:259 [ref. 33105], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.

fossilis, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:46, Pl. 370 (fig. 2) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Lectotype: ZMB 3074. Paralectotypes: ZMB 33115 (1). Type catalog: Paepke 1999:86-87 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155] On p. 36 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. Lectotype selected by Paepke 1999:87 [ref. 24282]. •Valid as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Shrestha 1978:39 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:150 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:170 [ref. 24860], Pethiyagoda 1991:163 [ref. 20075], Coad 1991:20 [ref. 15702], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:689 [ref. 20764], Indra 1993:187 [ref. 24009], Sen 1995:579 [ref. 23778], Coad 1995:24 [ref. 23608], Rainboth 1996:164 [ref. 22772], Rema Devi et al. 1996:138 [ref. 24021], Coad 1996:85 [ref. 25304], Zacharias et al. 1996:41 [ref. 25526], Banik & Choudhury 1996:579 [ref. 24736], Arunachalam et al. 1999:330 [ref. 31215], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:172 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:174 [ref. 24760], Rema Devi et al. 1999:159 [ref. 24758], Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999:114 [ref. 24762], Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Mirza 2000:356 [ref. 25207], Raju Thomas et al. 2000:444 [ref. 25319], Karmakar 2000:34 [ref. 25662], Arunachalam et al. 2001:128 [ref. 25692], Raju Thomas et al. 2002:50 [ref. 26359], Mirza 2003:20 [ref. 27265], Diogo et al. 2003:380 [ref. 27438], Yadav 2003:22 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:189 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:313 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:195 [ref. 29923], Coad 2010:216 [ref. 36620], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Esmaeili et al. 2010:373 [ref. 33391]. Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:82 [ref. 33559], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2015:890 [ref. 34062], Çiçek et al. 2015:149 [ref. 35151], Zhang et al. 2016:181 [ref. 34477], Esmaeili et al. 2017:75 [ref. 35254], Esmaeili et al. 2018:55 [ref. 36089], Suresh et al. 2018:132 [ref. 36495], Çiçek et al. 2020:255 [ref. 37644], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923], Çiçek et al. 2022:4 [ref. 38985], Al-Faisal et al. 2022:1406 [ref. 39565], Shangningam & Kosygin 2022:60 [ref. 39587], Çiçek et al. 2023:26 [ref. 40616], Saad et al. 2023:36 [ref. 40501], Çiçek et al. 2024:281 [ref. 40789], Gupta et al. 2024:101 [ref. 41453], Chen et al. 2024:123 [ref. 41792]). Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Distribution: South and southeast Asia: Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and Laos and ? China. Introduced in Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran. Habitat: freshwater.

fuscus, Heteropneustes Plamoottil [M.] 2021:89, Figs. 4-8 [Biodiversitas v. 23 (no. 1) [for 2022]; ref. 38923] Small stream at Pathanamthitta, Kerala, India. Holotype: ZSI PUNE P/5545. Paratypes: ZSI PUNE P/5546 (4). •Valid as Heteropneustes fuscus Plamoottil 2021. Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes fuscus Plamoottil 2021. Heteropneustidae. Distribution: Peninsular India: Kerala. Habitat: freshwater.

kemratensis, Clarisilurus Fowler [H. W.] 1937:133, Figs. 5-7 [Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 89; ref. 1425] Kemrat [Kemarat], Thailand. Holotype: ANSP 67880. Paratypes: ANSP 67881-83 (3). Type catalog: Böhlke 1984:112 [ref. 13621], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Heteropneustes kemratensis (Fowler 1937) -- (Kottelat 2001:141 [ref. 25780], Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Hossain et al. 2013:259 [ref. 33105], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:82 [ref. 33559] with question, Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes kemratensis (Fowler 1937). Heteropneustidae. Distribution: Southeast Asia: Mekong, Chao and Tapi River basins. Habitat: freshwater.

laticeps, Silurus Swainson [W.] 1838:345, Fig. 84 [The natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. v. 1; ref. 4302] India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. Also in Swainson 1839:306, 393 [ref. 4303]. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.

longipectoralis, Heteropneustes Rema Devi [K.] & Raghunathan [M. B.] 1999:109, Pl. 2 (figs. 1-5) [Records of the Zoological Survey of India v. 97 (no. 3); ref. 24762] Thirumurthi Dam, Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Holotype: ZSI/SRS F.4935. Paratypes: ZSI/SRS F.5044 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Heteropneustes longipectoralis Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999 -- (Diogo et al. 2003:380 [ref. 27438], Jayaram 2006:315 [ref. 28762], Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:83 [ref. 33559], Plamoottil 2021:93 [ref. 38923]). •Species inquirenda in Heteropneustes -- (Ferraris 2007:152 [ref. 29155], Hossain et al. 2013:259 [ref. 33105]). Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes longipectoralis Rema Devi & Raghunathan 1999. Heteropneustidae. Distribution: Anamalai Hills, Western Ghats, Tamil Nadu, India. Habitat: freshwater.

microcephalus, Saccobranchus Günther [A.] 1864:31 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Sri Lanka. Holotype (unique): BMNH 1864.3.18.1. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.

microps, Saccobranchus Günther [A.] 1864:31 [Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum v. 5; ref. 1974] Sri Lanka. Syntypes: BMNH 1859.5.31.9-11 (3). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Heteropneustes microps (Günther 1864) -- (Burgess 1989:150 [ref. 12860], Pethiyagoda 1991:165 [ref. 20075], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:690 [ref. 20764], Arunachalam et al. 1999:330 [ref. 31215], Diogo et al. 2003:380 [ref. 27438], Hossain et al. 2013:259 [ref. 33105]). •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:314 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:82 [ref. 33559], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.

nani, Heteropneustes Hossain [M. S.], Sarker [S.], Sharifuzzaman [S. M.] & Rahman Chowdhury [S.] 2013:260, Figs. 1-2. 4 [Vertebrate Zoology v. 63 (no. 3); ref. 33105] Freshwater swamp of Begumgonj (22°55′ N, 90°58′ E), Noakhali, Bangladesh. Holotype: MMSF 2013C1. Paratypes: MMSF2013C2-C11 (10). •Valid as Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Rahman Chowdhury 2013 -- (Ratmuangkhwang et al. 2014:83 [ref. 33559], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). Current status: Valid as Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Rahman Chowdhury 2013. Heteropneustidae. Distribution: Noakhali, Bangladesh. Habitat: freshwater.

singio, Silurus Hamilton [F.] 1822:147, 374, Pl. 37 (fig. 46) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, India. Syntypes: BMNH 1858.8.15.79 (1), 1858.8.15.89-90 (2), ?1858.8.15.133 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155] with no types known. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 82 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:262 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:189 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:313 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:151 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:245 [ref. 32989], Plamoottil 2021:95 [ref. 38923]). •Synonym of Heteropneustes microps (Günther 1864) -- (Hossain et al. 2013:259 [ref. 33105], Jouladeh-Roudbar et al. 2020:215 [ref. 37983]). Current status: Synonym of Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794). Heteropneustidae. Habitat: freshwater.


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