Platytropius

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: Schilbeidae
Genus: Platytropius
Species: P. longianalis – † P. siamensis
Vernacular names
English: Flase shark catfish
ไทย: ปลาหวีเกศ
Name

Platytropius Hora, 1937

References

Platytropius Hora, 1937 – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Platytropius is a genus of schilbid catfishes native to Asia. One species, P. siamensis is now considered to be extinct.
Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:[1]

†Platytropius siamensis (Sauvage, 1883)
Platytropius yunnanensis He, Huang & Li, 1995

References

Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2012). Species of Platytropius in FishBase. February 2012 version.