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Pterocryptis gangelica
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Pterocryptis
Species:	P. gangelica
Binomial name
Pterocryptis gangelica Peters, 1861

Pterocryptis gangelica is a species of catfish found in the Ganges River, where it occurs in India and Bangladesh.

This species reaches a length of 18.0 cm (7.1 in).

Type Locality

The type locality is listed as the Ganges River, India.

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of the Ganges River, India, the type locality for the fish.

References

1. Ng, H.H. (2010). "Pterocryptis gangelica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010: e.T168264A6471568. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168264A6471568.en. Retrieved 27 December 2023.
2. Ng, H.H. and M. Kottelat, 1998. Pterocryptis buccata, a new species of catfish from western Thailand (Teleostei: Siluridae) with epigean and hypogean populations. Ichthyol. Res. 45(4):393-399.
3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Pterocryptis gangelica". FishBase. June 2013 version.
4. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=2946
5. 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.

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