Silurichthys

Taxobox
name = "Silurichthys"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Siluridae
genus = "Silurichthys"
genus_authority = Bleeker, 1856
type_species = "Silurus phaiosoma"
type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1851
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.

"Silurichthys" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Siluridae. It includes eight species.cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF] cite journal|title=A revision of the South-east Asian catfish genus "Silurichthys"|first=H. H.|last=Ng|coauthors=Ng, P. K. L.|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=1998|volume=52|pages=291–333]

Some "Silurichthys" species are economically important as aquarium fishes, and many are useful biological indicators of the health of freshwater or peat swamp forests.

In "Silurichthys" species, the eyes are small and under the skin. It is likely sexual dimorphism is present in all species, based on species where there enough specimens available. Mature males of all species have a broad and somewhat flattened pectoral fin spine with "serrae" (saw-like teeth); in females and juveniles, the spine is slender and has no spines.

pecies

*"Silurichthys citatus" Ng & Kottelat, 1997
*"Silurichthys gibbiceps" Ng & Ng, 1998
*"Silurichthys hasseltii" Bleeker, 1858
*"Silurichthys indragiriensis" Volz, 1904
*"Silurichthys marmoratus" Ng & Ng, 1998
*"Silurichthys phaiosoma" (Bleeker, 1851)
*"Silurichthys sanguineus" Roberts, 1989
*"Silurichthys schneideri" Volz, 1904

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