Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Bagridae
Genus: Sperata
Species: S. acicularis – S. aor – S. aorella – S. sarwari – S. seenghala
Name
Sperata Holly, 1939
Synonyms
Macrones Duméril, 1856 (junior homonym of Macrones Newman, 1841)
Vernacular names
English: Shovelnose catfish
ไทย: ปลากดหัวเสียม, ปลาแก๊ด
References
Sperata Holly, 1939 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
Sperata is a genus of bagrid catfishes.
Species
There are currently six recognized species in this genus:[1][2]
Sperata acicularis Ferraris & Runge, 1999
Sperata aor (F. Hamilton, 1822) - Long-whiskered catfish
Sperata aorella (Blyth, 1858)
Sperata aorides (Jerdon, 1849)
Sperata lamarrii (Valenciennes, 1840)
Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) - Giant river-catfish
Distribution
Species of Sperata are found in southern Asia from Afghanistan to Thailand where they are found in a wide variety of water bodies.
Relationship to humans
At least two of the Sperata species (S. aor & S. seenghala) are sport fish as well as being important food fish.
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Sperata in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Kumar, Rahul Girish; Charan, Ravi; Krishnaprasoon, Nadumury Pradeep; Basheer, Valaparambil Saidumohammad (2021). "Catfishes of the genus Sperata (Pisces:Bagridae) in India". Journal of Fish Biology. 98 (2): 456–469. doi:10.1111/jfb.14590. ISSN 1095-8649. PMID 33058218.
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