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Scientific Name	**Amblyceps tenuispinis** Blyth, 1860
Common Name
Type Locality	Gola River in Kathgodam Nainital district, Uttarakhand, India, 29°16'N, 79°32'E.
Pronunciation	AHM bli seps - ten you ee spin iss.
Etymology	From the Greek amblys, meaning blunt and kephale, meaning head; in reference to the blunt snout.
Species Information
Identification	The catfish genus Amblyceps is characteristic in having the epiphyseal commissure of the supraorbital sensory canals immediately anterior to, and not passing through the epiphyseal bar; the anterior cranial fontanelle narrowing abruptly along its posterior end offering epiphyseal commisure bony support from frontal; the fifth ceratobranchial expanding medially at its posterior tip; pinnatelike rays along anterior margin of the procurrent and medial caudal-fin rays; a transverse crest along entire posterior margin of roof of supraoccipital and pterotic; the lateroposterior process of horizontal lamina of urohyal short or vestigial,shorter than the horizontal lamina; the upper hypurals fused with compound centrum; the anterior nostril situated immediately anterior to the base of the nasal barbel; and both lips with double folds. It is also characteristic in having a prominent cup-like skin flap above the base of the pectoral spine. Amblyceps tenuisipinis looks very similar to A.mangois from which it can be differentiated by possessing a more slender body and, internally, more total vertebrae.
General Remarks	This species was originally described from Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh, India. A neotype was designated by Ng & Wright in 2010.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Ganges drainage, India. Indian waters, North Eastern India Waters, Padma, Ganges (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indian waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Readily eats all manner of live and prepared foods. User data.
Suggested Tankmates	Other associated fish collected belongs to genus Devario,Danio, Opsarius, Garra, Rasbora, Aborichthys, Schistura, Olyra and Batasio.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal v. 29 (no. 2), pp 153.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 02 00:45 (species record created: 2015 Nov 02 13:49)