Cephalocassis
Appearance
Cephalocassis | |
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Cephalocassis jatia | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Subfamily: | Ariinae |
Genus: | Cephalocassis Bleeker, 1857 |
Type species | |
Cephalocassis melanochir (Bleeker, 1852)
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Cephalocassis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the coasts and in rivers and lakes of southern Asia from India to Malaysia. There are currently four described species in this genus.
Species
[edit]- Cephalocassis borneensis (Bleeker, 1851)
- Cephalocassis jatia (F. Hamilton, 1822) (River catfish)
- Cephalocassis manillensis (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Cephalocassis melanochir (Bleeker, 1852)
References
[edit]- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cephalocassis in FishBase. December 2011 version.