Cranoglanis

Cranoglanis is the only genus of armorhead catfishes.

Species

GENUS

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilyCranoglanididae

Habitatfreshwater

Observations1

Observations recorded43

Cranoglanis is een geslacht van straalvinnige vissen uit de familie van de stekelmeervallen (Cranoglanididae).

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Museum specimens

Specimen records: 4
Family: Cranoglanididae
Collections: CAS, ANSP
Recorded in: Vietnam

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Instance of: taxon
Parent taxon: Cranoglanididae
Image: Preserved specimens - Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology - DSC02403.JPG

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taxon rank: genus
taxon name: Cranoglanis
Commons category: Cranoglanis
topic's main category: Category:Cranoglanis

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Taxonomy
Species
Distribution and habitat
Appearance and anatomy
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References

Cranoglanis is the only genus of armorhead catfishes.

==Taxonomy== Cranoglanis bouderius was first described as Bagrus bouderius in 1846 by John Richardson based on a Chinese watercolor painting. Wilhelm Peters later described Cranoglanis along with a new species, Cranoglanis sinensis. Otto Koller (1926) described a new species, Pseudotropichthys multiradiatus. George Myers (1931) synonymized Pseudotropichthys with Cranoglanis, as well as described the family Cranoglanididae. Jayaram (1955) synonymized C. multiradiatus and C. sinensis under C. bouderius. More recently, C. bouderius and C. multiradiatus have been treated as separate species. C. henrici, described by Léon Vaillant in 1893, is often overlooked, but is a valid species.

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