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Heteropneustes
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Heteropneustes is a genus of catfishes, the airsac catfishes, native to Asia. This genus is monotypic in the family Heteropneustidae.
Species
Asian Stinging Catfish
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassTeleostei
- OrderSiluriformes
- FamilyHeteropneustidae
屬 見內文 囊鰓鯰科是輻鰭魚綱鯰形目的一個科。 分類 囊鰓鯰科其下僅有一屬： 囊鰓鯰屬（Heteropneustes） 印度囊鰓鯰（Heteropneustes fossilis） 湄公河囊鰓鯰（Heteropneustes kemratensis） 長胸囊鰓鯰（Heteropneustes longipectoralis） 小眼囊鰓鯰（Heteropneustes microps） 納尼氏囊鰓鯰(Heteropneustes nani) 參考資料 FishBase 取自“https://zh.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=囊鰓鯰科&oldid=37527506” 分类：囊鰓鯰科 隐藏分类：本地相关图片与维基数据相同
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 6
- Family
- Heteropneustidae
- Collections
- USNM, GNM, UA, CAS, NHMUK, NRM
- Recorded in
- Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailande, Inde, Inconnu
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Heteropneustidae
- Image
- Мешкожаберный сом Гродно.JPG
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- genus
- taxon name
- Heteropneustes
- taxon common name
- ปลาเมง
- Commons category
- Heteropneustes
- topic's main category
- Category:Heteropneustes
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Encyclopedic overview
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Heteropneustes is a genus of catfishes, the airsac catfishes, native to Asia. This genus is monotypic in the family Heteropneustidae.
Their bodies are elongated and compressed with greatly depressed heads. They have long air sacs that serve as lungs that extend from the gill chamber. Their dorsal fins are short and have no spine. Their pectoral fins have an associated venom gland, so the fish are considered dangerous. They are oviparous; distinct pairing is possible.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Heteropneustes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.