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Species in the genus Pachypterus: [ 8 ] records


acutirostris, Pseudeutropius Day [F.] 1870:618 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1869 (pt 3) (art. 3) (for 9 Dec. 1869); ref. 14093] Throughout Myanmar. Syntypes: AMS B.7967 (1); BMNH 1889.2.1.2413 (1), 1889.2.1.2462 (1); NMW 48327 (1); ZSI F484 (1), A.505 (1 lost). Type catalog: Whitehead & Talwar 1976:157 [ref. 23762], Ferraris et al. 2000:294 [ref. 25110], Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. Reasons for loss of ZSI type specimen during WWII see Chopra 1947:349-350 [ref. 33077]. •Synonym of Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:606 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:227 [ref. 24904]). •Valid as Neotropius acutirostris (Day 1870) -- (Mo 1991:133 [ref. 19952], Jayaram 2006:73 [ref. 28762] dated to 1869, ?Jayaram 2006:121 [ref. 28762] misspelled as P. longipinnis Day on p. 120, Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155], Ng & Vidthayanon 2011:50 [ref. 31522]). •Valid as Pachypterus acutirostris (Day 1870) -- (Kottelat 2013:252 [ref. 32989]). Current status: Valid as Pachypterus acutirostris (Day 1870). Horabagridae. Distribution: Irrawaddy, Sittang and Bago rivers, Myanmar. Habitat: freshwater.

angius, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:180, 377, Pl. 29 (fig. 59) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Bengal. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 101 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:227 [ref. 24904] as argius, Ataur Rahman 2003:201 [ref. 31338]). •Synonym of Neotropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Hamilton 1822). Current status: Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

atherinoides, Silurus Bloch [M. E.] 1794:48, Pl. 371 (fig. 1) [Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische v. 8; ref. 463] Tranquebar [Tharangambadi], India. Holotype (unique): ZMB 3013. Type catalog: Paepke 1999:127 [ref. 24282], Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. On p. 38 of Bloch's Ichthyologie, v. 11 [ref. 21381]. •Valid as Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Shrestha 1978:39 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:99 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:181 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:606 [ref. 20764], Indra 1994:420 [ref. 24015], Sen 1995:569 [ref. 23778], Rema Devi et al. 1999:159 [ref. 24758], Menon 1999:227 [ref. 24904], Rafique 2000:326 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662], Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Mirza 2003:21 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:20 [ref. 27711] as Pseudotropis, Ataur Rahman 2003:201 [ref. 31338], Shrestha 2008:159 [ref. 29923]). •Valid as Neotropius atherinodes (Bloch 1794) -- (Mo 1991:133 [ref. 19952], Jayaram 2006:74 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155], Ng & Vidthayanon 2011:50 [ref. 31522], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872]). •Valid as Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Suresh et al. 2018:127 [ref. 36495]). Current status: Valid as Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Horabagridae. Distribution: South central Asia: Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan. Habitat: freshwater.

exodon, Bagrus Cuvier [G.] & Valenciennes [A.] in Valenciennes 1832:385, Pl. 4 (fig. 1) [Voyage aux Indes-Orientales; ref. 12986] Bengal. Syntypes: MNHN A-8960 (2), B-0680 (1). Type catalog: Bertin & Estève 1950:43 [ref. 19575]. •Possibly a species of Pachypterus Swainson 1838. Current status: Uncertain. Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

khavalchor, Neotropius Kulkarni [C. V.] 1952:232, Fig. 1 [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 49 (pts 3-4); ref. 2698] Panchaganga River, near Kolhapur, Mumbai State, India. Holotype: ZSI F647/2. Paratypes: ZSI F648/2 (1). Type catalog: Menon & Yazdani 1968:131 [ref. 20743], Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. •Valid as Neotropius khavalchor Kulkarni 1952 -- (Burgess 1989:98 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:605 [ref. 20764], Mo 1991:133 [ref. 19952], Menon 1999:228 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:76 [ref. 28762], Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]). •Valid as Pachypterus khavalchor (Kulkarni 1952) -- (Pise et al. 2022:4 [ref. 39430]). Current status: Valid as Pachypterus khavalchor (Kulkarni 1952). Horabagridae. Distribution: South Asia: Krishna River basin (India). Habitat: freshwater.

trifasciatus, Pachypterus Swainson [W.] 1839:306 [The natural history and classification v. 2; ref. 4303] Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. Based on Ham. 180. f. 59 -- which is Hamilton 1822:180, Pl. 29 (fig. 59). Unneeded new name for Pimelodus angius Hamilton 1822. •Synonym of Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:227 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Neotropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Current status: Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

urua, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:177, 377 [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Rivers and ponds of Bengal, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. Hamilton's original, unpublished illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 98 [ref. 37532]. •Synonym of Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Menon 1999:227 [ref. 24904], Ataur Rahman 2003:201 [ref. 31338] as urna). •Synonym of Neotropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Current status: Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.

walkeri, Pseudeutropius atherinoides var. Chaudhuri [B. L.] 1912:444, Pl. 41 (fig. 3) [Records of the Indian Museum (Calcutta) v. 7 (pt. 5) (art. 35); ref. 14837] Siripur, Saran, Bihar, India. Syntypes: (2) ZSI. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Pseudeutropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Talwar & Jhingran 1991:606 [ref. 20764], Menon 1999:228 [ref. 24904]). •Synonym of Neotropius atherinoides (Bloch 1794) -- (Ferraris 2007:359 [ref. 29155]). •Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Current status: Synonym of Pachypterus atherinoides (Bloch 1794). Horabagridae. Habitat: freshwater.


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