Sperata
Sperata
Genus of fishes
"Aoria" redirects here. For the leaf beetle genus, see Aoria (beetle).
Quick Facts Sperata, Scientific classification ...
| Sperata | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Sperata Holly, 1939 |
| Type species | |
| Bagrus lamarrii Valenciennes, 1840 | |
| Species | |
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Sperata is a genus of bagrid catfishes.
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
Species of Sperata are found in southern Asia from Afghanistan to Thailand where they are found in a wide variety of water bodies.
At least two of the Sperata species (S. aor & S. seenghala) are sport fish as well as being important food fish.
- 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.