Pinniwallago kanpurensis

Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Siluridae
Genus:Pinniwallago
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981
Species: P. kanpurensis
Binomial name
Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981

Pinniwallago kanpurensis is the only species in the genus Pinniwallago of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Siluridae.[1] This species is known only from Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It reaches a length of about 50 centimetres (20 in).[2]

References

  1. 1 2 Ferraris, Carl J. Jr.; Miya, M; Azuma, Y; Nishida, M (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
  2. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pinniwallago kanpurensis" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.


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