Laides

Laides is a genus of catfish in the family Ailiidae native to Asia.[1] These species are originates from Mekong and Chao Phraya River basins.[2]

Laides
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ailiidae
Genus: Laides
D. S. Jordan, 1919
Type species
Pangasius hexanema
Bleeker, 1852
Synonyms
  • Laïs Bleeker, 1857

Species

There are currently two recognized species in this genus:

  • Laides hexanema (Bleeker, 1852)
  • Laides longibarbis (Fowler, 1934)

References
  1. Wang, J., Lu, B., Zan, R., Chai, J., Ma, W., Jin, W., Duan, R., Luo, J., Murphy, R.W., Xiao, H. & Chen, Z. (2016): Phylogenetic Relationships of Five Asian Schilbid Genera Including Clupisoma (Siluriformes: Schilbeidae). PLoS ONE, 11 (1): e0145675.
  2. Ferraris, C.J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.


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