Amblyceps

File:Amblyceps mangois Day 102.jpg{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}

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| image = Amblyceps mangois Day 117.jpg

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| image_caption = Amblyceps mangois

| taxon = Amblyceps

| authority = Blyth, 1858

| type_species = Amblyceps caecutiens

| type_species_authority = Blyth, 1858

| synonyms = *Branchiosteus Gill, 1861

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Amblyceps is a genus of fish in the family Amblycipitidae.Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007): [http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types.] Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628. The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus. These species are easily distinguished by the presence of pinnate processes along with the median caudal-fin rays (although these processes may be poorly developed in some species), a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine, and the adipose fin largely separate from the caudal fin. In most species the caudal fin is deeply forked; A. apangi and A. murraystuarti differ in having their caudal fin truncate. Amblyceps species may reach about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.Chen, X. & Lundberg, J.G. (1995): Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae. Copeia, 1995 (4): 780–800.

Distribution and habitat

These species are distributed throughout south and southeast Asia. They typically inhabit fast flowing hill streams or fast-flowing stretches of larger rivers.Ng, H.H. (2005): [http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/53/53rbz243-249.pdf Amblyceps carinatum, a new species of hillstream catfish from Myanmar (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae).] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070811040638/http://rmbr.nus.edu.sg/rbz/biblio/53/53rbz243-249.pdf |date=2007-08-11 }} Raffles Bulletin of Zoology, 53 (2): 243–249. This genus is mainly distributed in India and the Malay Peninsula.Zhao, Y., Lan, J. & Zhang, C. (2004): A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China. Ichthyological Research, 51 (3): 228–232. Three species are known from Myanmar: A. caecutiens, A. murraystuarti and A. carinatum.

Species

There are currently 21 recognized species in this genus:

Amblyceps accari Dahanukar, Raghavan, A. Ali & Britz, 2016 Dahanukar, N., Raghavan, R., Ali, A. & Britz, R. (2016): Amblyceps accari, a new species of torrent catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from the Western Ghats of India. Zootaxa, 4109 (2): 218–226.
Amblyceps apangi Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
Amblyceps arunachalensis Nath & S. C. Dey, 1989
Amblyceps caecutiens Blyth, 1858
Amblyceps carinatum H. H. Ng, 2005
Amblyceps cerinum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2010 Ng, H.H. & Wright, J.J. (2010): [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/z02672p060f.pdf Amblyceps cerinum, a new catfish (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae) from northeastern India.] Zootaxa, 2672: 50–60.
Amblyceps foratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Amblyceps kurzii (F. Day, 1872)
Amblyceps laticeps (McClelland, 1842)
Amblyceps macropterus H. H. Ng, 2001
Amblyceps mangois (F. Hamilton, 1822) (Indian torrent catfish)
Amblyceps murraystuarti B. L. Chaudhuri, 1919
Amblyceps platycephalus H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Amblyceps protentum H. H. Ng & J. J. Wright, 2009
Amblyceps serratum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Amblyceps tenuispinis Blyth, 1860
Amblyceps torrentis Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008 Linthoingambi, I. & Vishwanath, W. (2008): Two new catfish species of the genus Amblyceps from Manipur, India (Teleostei: Amblycipitidae). Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 19 (2): 167–174.
Amblyceps tuberculatum Linthoingambi & Vishwanath, 2008
Amblyceps variegatum H. H. Ng & Kottelat, 2000
Amblyceps waikhomi Darshan, Kachari, Dutta, Ganguly & D. N. Das, 2016 Darshan, A., Kachari, A., Dutta, R., Ganguly, A. & Das, D.N. (2016): Amblyceps waikhomi, a New Species of Catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from the Brahmaputra Drainage of Arunachal Pradesh, India. PLoS ONE, 11 (2): e0147283.
Amblyceps yunnanensis X. Y. Zhang, Y. Long, H. Xiao & Z. M. Chen, 2016 Zhang, X., Long, Y., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): First record of the catfish genus Amblyceps Blyth, 1858 from China with the description of a new species (Osteichthyes: Amblycipitidae). Folia Zoologica, 65 (2): 81-86.

References

Category:Amblycipitidae

Category:Fish of South Asia

Category:Fish of Southeast Asia

Category:Catfish genera

Category:Taxa named by Edward Blyth

Category:Freshwater fish genera