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Heteropneustes
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Heteropneustes

Heteropneustes, the airsac catfishes, is a genus of catfishes native to Asia. This genus is the only one in its family.

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5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species

Asian Stinging Catfish

speciesHeteropneustes fossilis

Heteropneustes kemratensis

speciesHeteropneustes kemratensis

Heteropneustes longipectoralis

speciesHeteropneustes longipectoralis

Heteropneustes nani

speciesHeteropneustes nani

Heteropneustes fuscus

speciesHeteropneustes fuscus

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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 88884.