Pterocryptis taytayensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Pterocryptis |
| Species: | P. taytayensis
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| Pterocryptis taytayensis (Herre, 1924)
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Pterocryptis taytayensis is a species of catfish found in Palawan, Philippines.[2]
This species reaches a length of 12.0 cm (4.7 in).[3]
Etymology[edit]
The fish is named in honor of a small freshwater creek near Taytay, Palawan, Philippines, which is where the type specimen was found.[4]
References[edit]
- ^ Ng, H.H. (2020). "Ompok taytayensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T91212399A91212416. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T91212399A91212416.en. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
- ^ Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2013). "Pterocryptis taytayensis" in FishBase. June 2013 version.
- ^ 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 26 December 2023.
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