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Kryptopterus  Bleeker, 1857
Taxonomic Serial No.: 164069

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
  Synonym(s):    
  Common Name(s): glass catfishes [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2005   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassActinopterygii  – ray-finned fishes, spiny rayed fishes, poisson épineux, poissons à nageoires rayonnées  
                      ClassTeleostei   
                         SuperorderOstariophysi   
                            OrderSiluriformes  – silures, catfishes  
                               FamilySiluridae Cuvier, 1816 – freshwater catfishes, sheatfishes  
                                  GenusKryptopterus Bleeker, 1857 – glass catfishes  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus apogon (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus baramensis Ng, 2002  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus bicirrhis (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840) – ghostfish, glass catfish, Indian glass wels 
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus bleekeri (Günther, 1864)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus cheveyi Durand, 1940  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus cryptopterus (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus dissitus Ng, 2001  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus geminus Ng, 2003  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus hesperius Ng, 2002  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus hexapterus (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus lais (Bleeker, 1851)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus limpok (Bleeker, 1852)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus lumholtzi Rendahl, 1922  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus macrocephalus (Bleeker, 1858) – East Indies glass catfish 
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus micronema (Bleeker, 1846)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus minor Roberts, 1989  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus mononema (Bleeker, 1847)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus palembangensis (Bleeker, 1852)  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus paraschilbeides Ng, 2003  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus parvanalis Inger and Chin, 1959  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus piperatus Ng, Wirjoatmodjo and Hadiaty, 2004  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus platypogon Ng, 2004  
                                     SpeciesKryptopterus schilbeides (Bleeker, 1858)  
       

 References
       
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  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 08-Apr-2005, website (version 05-Apr-05)  
  Acquired: 2005   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Kryptopterus   
       
  Source: Catalog of Fishes, 17-Mar-2003, website (version 13-Mar-03)  
  Acquired: 2003   
  Notes: http://www.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/   
  Reference for: Kryptopterus   
       
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Kryptopterus   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Eschmeyer, William N., ed.   
  Publication Date: 1998   
  Article/Chapter Title: Catalog of Fishes   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Special Publication of the Center for Biodiversity Research and Information, no. 1, vol 1-3   
  Page(s): 2905   
  Publisher: California Academy of Sciences   
  Publication Place: San Francisco, California, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-940228-47-5   
  Notes: Available online at http://www.jstor.org/stable/25622932   
  Reference for: Kryptopterus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Nelson, Joseph S.   
  Publication Date: 1994   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Fishes of the World, Third Edition   
  Page(s): xvii + 600   
  Publisher: John Wiley and Sons   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-471-54713-1   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Kryptopterus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Shiino, Sueo M.   
  Publication Date: 1976   
  Article/Chapter Title: List of Common Names of Fishes of the World, Those Prevailing among English-speaking Nations   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Science Report of Shima Marineland, no. 4   
  Page(s): 262   
  Publisher: Shima Marineland   
  Publication Place: Kashikojima, Shima, Mie, Japan   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0385-1109   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Kryptopterus, glass catfishes [English]   
       

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