Pterocryptis

Taxobox
name = "Pterocryptis"
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Siluridae
genus = "Pterocryptis"
genus_authority = Peters, 1861
type_species = "Pterocryptis gangelica"
type_species_authority = Peters, 1861
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text.
synonyms = "Apodoglanis"
Fowler, 1905
"Hito"
Herre, 1924
"Hitoichthys"
Herre 1924
"Penesilurus"
Herre, 1924
"Herklotsella"
Herre, 1933

"Pterocryptis" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Siluridae. These fish are medium sized catfishes usually found in fast flowing mountain streams throughout India, southern China and Southeast Asia.cite journal|title=Revalidation and redescription of "Pterocryptis" anomala (Herre, 1933), a catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from southern China|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|coauthors=Chan, Bosco P.-L.|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1060|pages=51–64|year=2005]

This genus includes the following 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]
*"Pterocryptis anomala" (Herre, 1933)
*"Pterocryptis barakensis" Vishwanath & Sharma, in Jayaram, 2006
*"Pterocryptis berdmorei" (Blyth, 1860)
*"Pterocryptis bokorensis" (Pellegrin & Chevey, 1937)
*"Pterocryptis buccata" Ng & Kottelat, 1998
*"Pterocryptis burmanensis" (Khin-Thant, 1966)
*"Pterocryptis cochinchinensis" (Valenciennes, 1840)
*"Pterocryptis crenula" Ng & Freyhof, 2001
*"Pterocryptis cucphuongensis" (Mai, 1978)
*"Pterocryptis furnessi" (Fowler, 1905)
*"Pterocryptis gangelica" Peters, 1861
*"Pterocryptis inusitata" Ng, 1999
*"Pterocryptis taytayensis" (Herre, 1924)
*"Pterocryptis torrentis" (Kobayakawa, 1989)
*"Pterocryptis verecunda" Ng & Freyhof, 2001
*"Pterocryptis wynaadensis" (Day, 1873)

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