Clupisoma garua

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
Subordo: Sisoroidei
Familia: Ailiidae
Genus: Clupisoma
Species: Clupisoma garua

Clupisoma garua

Name

Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822)

• Possible type: BMNH 1858.8.15.127 (1).

Type locality: Rivers of Gangetic provinces.

Etymology: local Bengali name for this catfish in India. (From: The ETYFish project)

Synonyms

• Silurus garua Hamilton, 1822
• Silurus (Clupisoma) argentata Swainson, 1839
  • Silurus argentata Swainson, 1839
  • Clupisoma argentata Swainson, 1839

Vernacular names

English: Garua bachcha

References

• Gupta, S. & Banerjee, S. 2016. A note on Clupisoma garua (Hamilton, 1822), a freshwater catfish of Indian subcontinent (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Iranian Journal of Ichthyology 3(2): 150–154. Abstract and PDF download. Reference page. 
• Hamilton, F. 1822. An Account of the Fishes Found in the River Ganges and Its Branches. Archibald Constable & Co., Hurst, Robinson & Co. Pp. i–vii + 1–405, Pls. 1–39. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• Clupisoma garua in Catalog of Fishes, Eschmeyer, W.N., Fricke, R. & van der Laan, R. (eds.) 2024. Catalog of Fishes electronic version.
• Clupisoma garua in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.

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