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Pterocryptis verecunda

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Pterocryptis verecunda
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Species:
P. verecunda
Binomial name
Pterocryptis verecunda
Ng & Freyhof, 2001

Pterocryptis verecunda is a species of catfish found in Cat Ba Island in north-eastern Vietnam..[1]

This species reaches a length of 13.2 cm (5.2 in).[2]

Etymology

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The species epithet means shy.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2001. A review of the catfish genus Pterocryptis (Siluridae) in Vietnam, with the description of two new species. J. Fish Biol. 59(3):624-644.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis verecunda". FishBase. June 2013 version.
  3. ^ Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families SILURIDAE, KRYPTOGLANIDAE, AUSTROGLANIDIDAE, PANGASIIDAE, CHACIDAE and PLOTOSIDAE". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 24 December 2023.