Leiocassis

Leiocassis poecilopterus

Leiocassis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Leiocassis Bleeker, 1857
Type species
Bagrus micropogon Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
Liocassis Günther, 1864 Rhinobagrus Bleeker, 1865 Nasocassis Nichols, 1925 Dermocassis Nichols, 1925

Leiocassis longirostris

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

This genus has a confused taxonomy and there is uncertainty surrounding the number of valid species.[2] Certain East Asian bagrids formerly placed in this genus have been moved to Pseudobagrus.[2] In 2006, Heok Hee Ng considered the genus Leiocassis to be restricted to Sundaic Southeast Asia and Borneo and only a handful of species as valid (L. aculeatus, L. collinus, L. hosii, L. micropogon, L. poecilopterus, and L. tenebricus).[2]

The members of Leiocassis have an elongate narrow head and a prominently protruding snout.[2]

Species

There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:[3]

• Leiocassis aculeatus H. H. Ng & Hadiaty, 2005[4]
• Leiocassis bekantan H. H. Ng & H. H. Tan, 2018[5]
• Leiocassis brevirostris V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
• Leiocassis collinus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006[2]
• Leiocassis crassirostris Regan, 1913
• Leiocassis doriae Regan, 1913
• Leiocassis hosii Regan, 1906[2]
• Leiocassis longibarbus G. H. Cui, 1990
• Leiocassis micropogon (Bleeker, 1852)
• Leiocassis nitidus (Sauvage & Dabryi, 1874)
• Leiocassis poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1840)
• Leiocassis saravacensis Boulenger, 1894
• Leiocassis tenebricus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006[2]
• Leiocassis yeni V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005

References

1. Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
2. Ng, Heok Hee; Lim, Kelvin K. P. (June 2006). "Two new species of Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae), riverine catfishes from northeast Borneo". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 17 (2): 165–172.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Leiocassis". FishBase. December 2011 version.
4. Ng, Heok Hee; Hadiaty, Renny K. (March 2005). "Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 16 (1): 83–92.
5. Ng, Heok Hee; Tan, Heok Hui. (October 2018). "Leiocassis bekantan (Teleostei: Bagridae), a new blackwater catfish from Borneo and Sumatra". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 28 (4): 327–336.