Pinniwallago kanpurensis
Pinniwallago kanpurensis is the only species in the genus Pinniwallago of the catfish (order Siluriformes) family Siluridae.[1] This species is known only from Uttar Pradesh, India.[1] It reaches a length of about 50 centimetres (20 in).[2]
| Pinniwallago kanpurensis | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pinniwallago Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981 |
| Species: | P. kanpurensis |
| Binomial name | |
| Pinniwallago kanpurensis Gupta, Jayaram & Hajela, 1981 | |
References
- Ferraris, Carl J. Jr.; Miya, M; Azuma, Y; Nishida, M (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2008). "Pinniwallago kanpurensis" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.
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