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GBIF·2337758speciesAnimalia16 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›orderSiluriformes
  4. ›familySiluridae
  5. ›genusPterocryptis
Pterocryptis wynaadensis
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Malabar Silurus

Pterocryptis wynaadensis (Day, 1873)

Also calledsumec wynaadský (ces) · سلور مالابار (ara) · Thonnan Vaala (mal)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

materials_examined

AMS B 7990 (syntype), 129.0 mm SL; BMNH 1889.2.1.2521 - 2522 (2 syntypes), 57.6 - 76.2 mm SL; RMNH 8772 (syntype), 125.0 mm SL; India; Tamil Nadu, Wynaad.

Revalidation and redescription of Pterocryptis anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China.

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Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2337758.