Cetopangasius

Cetopangasius chaetobranchus
Temporal range: Miocene
Artist's reconstruction
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Pangasiidae
Genus: Cetopangasius
Roberts & Jumnongthai, 1999
Species: C. chaetobranchus
Binomial name
Cetopangasius chaetobranchus
Roberts & Jumnongthai, 1999

Cetopangasius chaetobranchus is an extinct species of catfish of the family Pangasiidae. This fish was from a Miocene lake fauna from what is now Ban Nong Pia, Phetchabun Province of Thailand.[1][2]

References

  1. Roberts, Tyler R. (1999). ""Miocene fishes from Lake Phetchabun in north central Thailand, with descriptions of new taxa of Cyprinidae, Pangasiidae, and Chandidae."" (PDF). Natural History Bulletin of the Siam Society. 47: 153–189.
  2. Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
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