Leiocassis
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Leiocassis is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.
This genus has a confused taxonomy and there is uncertainty surrounding the number of valid species.[2] Certain East Asian bagrids formerly placed in this genus have been moved to Pseudobagrus.[2] 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).[2]
The members of Leiocassis have an elongate narrow head and a prominently protruding snout.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Hadiaty, Renny K. (March 2005). "Two new bagrid catfishes (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the Alas River drainage, northern Sumatra". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 16 (1): 83–92.
- ^ a b c d e f g Ng, Heok Hee; Lim, Kelvin K. P. (June 2006). "Two new species of Leiocassis (Teleostei: Bagridae), riverine catfishes from northeast Borneo". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 17 (2): 165–172.
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
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