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Pachypterus
Pachypterus is a genus of catfishes formerly placed in the families Schilbeidae and Bagridae but recent work has suggested it be placed in the newer family Horabagridae, the genus is native to South Asia.
3 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 3 known species
Indian Potasi
speciesPachypterus atherinoides
Pachypterus acutirostris
speciesPachypterus acutirostris
Pachypterus khavalchor
speciesPachypterus khavalchor
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 624042.