Family Cranoglanididae - Armorhead catfishes
Order : Siluriformes Cranoglanididae
Class : Teleostei
No. in FishBase : Genera : 1 | Species : 5 Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes
Environment : Fresh : Yes | Brackish : No | Marine : No
Division : Primary freshwater
Aquarium : none
First Fossil Record : lower   Tertiary     Paleocene Ref. Berg, L.S. 1958
Remark : Distribution: Asia. Short dorsal fin. Dorsal spine 1; branched rays 6 (rarely 5). Anal fin rays 35-41. Pectoral spine 1. Deeply forked caudal fin. Scaleless. Top of head with rough bony plates. Barbels 4 pairs. Resembles Pseudobagrus.
Etymology : Greek, kranion = skull + Greek, ganis, -idos = a kind of fish that takes the bait without touching the hook ( Ref. 45335).
Reproductive guild :
Typical activity level :
Main Ref. : Nelson, J.S. 1994
Coordinator :
Deep Fin Classification : Osteichthyes | Actinopterygii | Actinopteri | Neopterygii | Teleostei | Osteoglossocephalai | Clupeocephala | Otomorpha | Ostariophysi | | Otophysa | | | | | | Siluriphysae | Siluriformes | Siluroidei | | Cranoglanididae

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Species/Synonymy list for the family Cranoglanididae as currently in FishBase

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Scientifc name Status Senior/Junior synonym Combination
Cranoglanis bouderius (Richardson, 1846)
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Bagrus bouderius Richardson, 1846
synonymseniororiginal
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Macrones sinensis Bleeker, 1872
synonymjuniororiginal
synonymjuniororiginal
misappliedmisappliednew
Cranoglanis multiradiatus (non Koller, 1926)
misappliedmisappliednew
Cranoglanis henrici (Vaillant, 1893)
acceptedseniornew
Anopleutropius henrici Vaillant, 1893
synonymseniororiginal
Cranoglanis sinensis (non Peters, 1881)
misappliedmisappliedoriginal
misappliedmisappliedmisapplied
acceptedseniornew
synonymseniororiginal
synonymseniornew
! Cranoglanis multiradiatus (Koller, 1926)
synonymseniornew
acceptedseniororiginal
acceptedseniororiginal
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