Heteropneustes fossilis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

A HeTeropneustes fossilis in the aquarium tank

Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794: 46, Pl. 370)

Lectotype: ZMB 3074.

Paralectotypes: ZMB 33115 (1).

Type locality: Tranquebar [Tharangambadi, Tamil Nadu State, India].

Ali, A. S., Jawad, L. A. & Saad, A. A., 2015: Confirmation of the presence of the Indian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) (Heteropneustidae) in Syrian inland waters. Journal of Applied Ichthyology, Article first published online: 26 OCT 2015. DOI: 10.1111/jai.12926 Reference page.
Bloch, M.E. 1794: Naturgeschichte der ausländischen Fische. Berlin. 8: i-iv + 1-174, Pls. 361-396.
Jayaram, K.C. 2006: Catfishes of India. Narendera Publishing Houde, Delhi: i-xxii +1-383, Pls. 111.
Ünlü, E., T. Çiçek, D. Deger and B.W. Coad, 2011: Range extension of the exotic Indian stinging catfish, Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794) (Heteropneustidae) into the Turkish part of the Tigris River watershed., J. Appl. Ichthyol. 27: 141–143.
Heteropneustes fossilis in FishBase,
Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

English: Stinging catfish
മലയാളം: കാരി,
ไทย: ปลาจีด, ปลาเมง