Amblyceps

Amblyceps

Amblyceps
Amblyceps mangois
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Amblycipitidae
Genus:	Amblyceps Blyth, 1858
Type species
Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
Synonyms
Branchiosteus Gill, 1861

Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.[1] The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[2] These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin.[3] In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate.[3] Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.[2]

Distribution and habitat

These species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.[3] This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.[4] Three species are known from Myanmar: A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti and A. carinatum.[3]

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:

• Amblyceps accari Dahanukar, Raghavan, A. Ali & Britz, 2016 [5]
• Amblyceps apangi Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
• Amblyceps arunachalensis Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
• Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
• Amblyceps carinatum H. H. Ng, 2005 [3]
• Amblyceps cerinum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 [6]
• Amblyceps foratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
• Amblyceps kurzii (F. Day, 1872)
• Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland, 1842)
• Amblyceps macropterus H. H. Ng, 2001
• Amblyceps mangois (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish)
• Amblyceps murraystuarti B. L. Chaudhuri, 1919
• Amblyceps platycephalus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
• Amblyceps protentum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2009
• Amblyceps serratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
• Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860
• Amblyceps torrentis Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [7]
• Amblyceps tuberculatum Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 [7]
• Amblyceps variegatum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
• Amblyceps waikhomi Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 [8]
• Amblyceps yunnanensis X. Y. Zhang, Y. Long, H. Xiao & Z. M. Chen, 2016 [9]

References

1. Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628.
2. Chen, X. & Lundberg, J.G. (1995): Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae. Copeia, 1995 (4): 780–800.
3. Ng, H.H. (2005): Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). Archived 2007-08-11 at the Wayback Machine Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249.
4. Zhao, Y., Lan, J. & Zhang, C. (2004): A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China. Ichthyological Research, 51 (3): 228–232.
5. Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A. & Britz, R. (2016): Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4109 (2): 218–226.
6. Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010): Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India. Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.
7. Linthoingambi, I. & Vishwanath, W. (2008): Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 (2): 167–174.
8. Darshan, A., Kachari, A., Dutta, R., Ganguly, A. & Das, D.N. (2016): Amblyceps waikhomi, a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE, 11 (2): e0147283.
9. Zhang, X., Long, Y., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): First record of the catfish genus Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae). Folia Zoologica, 65 (2): 81-86.