Chaca

Chaca

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

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: Chacidae
Genus: Chaca
Species: C. bankanensis – C. burmensis – C. chaca – C. serica

Name

Chaca Gray, 1831: 9

Type species: Chaca hamiltonii Gray, 1831 (= Platystacus chaca Hamilton, 1822). Type by monotypy.

Synonyms

• Brachystacus Van der Hoeven, 1855: 280
• Chaca Valenciennes, 1832: 386

References

• Gray, J.E. 1831: Description of twelve new genera of fish, discovered by Gen. Hardwicke, in India, the greater part in the British Museum. Zoological Miscellany, 1831: 7–9.
• Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 2007, Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [1]
• Ng, H.H.; Kottelat, M. 2012: Chaca serica, a new species of frogmouth catfish (Teleostei: Siluriformes) from southern Borneo. Zootaxa, 3258: 37–45. Preview

Vernacular names

English: Squarehead catfish, Angler catfish, Frogmouth catfish
ไทย: ปลากะแมะ