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Leiocassis

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Leiocassis is a genus of bagrid catfishes found mostly in Southeast Asia with some species occurring in China.

Species

Chinese longsnout catfish

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumChordata
  3. ClassTeleostei
  4. OrderSiluriformes
  5. FamilyBagridae
Habitatfreshwater
Observations8
Observations recorded224

via GBIF

Museum specimens

Specimen records
53
With media
4
Family
Bagridae
Collections
ANSP, YPM, UF, CAS, UMMZ, NHMUK
Recorded in
Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, China, Republic Of Indonesia, Laos, Thailand

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Bagridae
Image
Leiocassis longirostris, Danyang.jpg
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taxon rank
genus
taxon name
Leiocassis
topic's main category
Category:Leiocassis
Commons category
Leiocassis
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Encyclopedic overview

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Leiocassis is a genus of bagrid catfishes found mostly in Southeast Asia with some species occurring in China.

The members of Leiocassis have an elongate narrow head and a prominently protruding snout.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leiocassis” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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