Leiocassis
{{Short description|Genus of fishes}}
{{Automatic taxobox
| taxon = Leiocassis
| authority = Bleeker, 1857
| type_species = Bagrus micropogon
| type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1852
| image = Leiocassis_longirostris,_Danyang.jpg
| image_caption = Leiocassis longirostris
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision_ref = {{cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J. Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa|volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|doi=10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1 }}
| subdivision =
| synonyms =
- Liocassis
Günther, 1864 - Rhinobagrus
Bleeker, 1865 - Nasocassis
Nichols, 1925 - Dermocassis
Nichols, 1925 - Liocassus
Herre, 1934
}}
Leiocassis is a genus of bagrid catfishes found mostly in Southeast Asia with some species occurring in China.
The members of Leiocassis have an elongate narrow head and a prominently protruding snout.
Species
This genus has a confused taxonomy and there is uncertainty surrounding the number of valid species. Certain East Asian bagrids formerly placed in this genus have been moved to Pseudobagrus. In 2006, Heok Hee Ng considered the genus Leiocassis to be restricted to Sundaic Southeast Asia and Borneo and only a handful of species as valid (L. aculeatus, L. collinus, L. hosii, L. micropogon, L. poecilopterus, and L. tenebricus).
There are currently 14 recognized species in this genus:{{FishBase genus | genus = Leiocassis| month = December | year = 2011}}{{cite web |last1=Bailly |first1=Nicolas |title=Leiocassis Bleeker, 1857 |url=https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=269620 |website=World Register of Marine Species |access-date=1 May 2025}}
- Leiocassis aculeatus H. H. Ng & Hadiaty, 2005{{cite journal|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|author2=Hadiaty, Renny K. |journal=Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters|volume=16|issue=1|pages=83–92|date=March 2005|title=Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra}}
- Leiocassis bekantan H. H. Ng & H. H. Tan, 2018{{cite journal|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|author2=Tan, Heok Hui. |journal=Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters|volume=28|issue=4|pages=327–336|date=October 2018|title=Leiocassis bekantan (Teleostei: Bagridae), a new blackwater catfish from Borneo and Sumatra}}
- Leiocassis brevirostris V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
- Leiocassis collinus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006{{cite journal|title=Two new species of Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae), riverine catfishes from northeast Borneo|first=Heok Hee|last=Ng|author2=Lim, Kelvin K. P. |journal=Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters|volume=17|issue=2|pages=165–172|date=June 2006}}
- Leiocassis crassirostris Regan, 1913
- Leiocassis doriae Regan, 1913
- Leiocassis hosii Regan, 1906
- Leiocassis longibarbus G. H. Cui, 1990
- Leiocassis micropogon (Bleeker, 1852)
- Leiocassis nitidus (Sauvage & Dabryi, 1874)
- Leiocassis poecilopterus (Valenciennes, 1840)
- Leiocassis saravacensis Boulenger, 1894
- Leiocassis tenebricus H. H. Ng & K. K. P. Lim, 2006
- Leiocassis yeni V. H. Nguyễn & H. D. Nguyễn, 2005
References
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Category:Freshwater fish genera
Category:Taxa named by Pieter Bleeker
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