New Distribution Record and Habitat Characteristics of Stinging Catfish (Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman and Chowdhury, 2013) from Nepal
Asmit Subba1*, Jash Hang Limbu2 and Laxman Khanal1*
1Central Department of Zoology, Institute of Science and Technology, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu 44618, Nepal
2College of Fisheries and Life Science, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai, China
Figure 1:
A map representing the locations from where Heteropnuestes nani samples were collected. Each colour symbolizes the respective land use polygons.
Figure 2:
Photographs of Heteropnuestes nani recorded from the study area; Dorsal (A) and Ventral (B) view.
Figure 3:
The illustration depicting two species of Heteropnuestes found in Nepal. Plate A shows a sub-adult Heteropnuestes fossilis, while plate B features a Heteropnuestes nani.
Figure 4:
Cluster-wise representation of H. fossilis and H. nani into two separate clusters, one of each species.
Figure 5:
Map depicting the river connections between the original description of H. nani in Bangladesh (Hossain et al., 2013) and present records of the species in Nepal.