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Tachysurus adiposalis (Oshima, 1919)

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The Fishes of Taiwan (1) Zhou J-J et al 2024 (2)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 16 - 20. Similar to Tachysurus gracillis and Tachysurus ussuriensis but the eye diameters, maxillary barbels and caudal fin are somewhat different. The Pelteobagrus genera have in the past been distinguished by their forked caudal fins (vs. truncate/emarginate caudal fins in Pseudobagrus but most of these genera have now been moved to a new family, Tachysurus (Bogutskaya et al. 2008). Etymology: The genus name of Tachysurus: tachys, swift; oura, tail, referring to the presumed agility of T. sinensis based on its “long and nimble” tail (translation). The specific name of adiposalis: –alis, adjectival suffix: referring to long adipose fin, much longer than anal fin.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pseudobagrus adiposalis, Pelteobagrus adiposalis

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Oujiang (Wu River), Xiangjiang, Zhujiang (Pearl River), China; Taiwan. Type locality: Tamusui R. near Shinten, Taiwan.

Size:

14.0cm (5½ins)

Temp:

21-24°C (69-75°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Fish in the News 2024.
Jie Li, Xianglin Chen & Bosco P.L. Chan; (2005) A new species of Pseudobagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae) from southern China. Zootaxa 1067: 49–57.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Zhou J-J, Yuan L-Y, Shao W-H (2024) Tachysurus wuyueensis (Teleostei, Bagridae), a new species of catfish from the Qiantang-Jiang basin, southeast China. Zoosystematics and Evolution 100(2): 583-595.

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Tachysurus adiposalis

Tachysurus adiposalis
Holotype-Tamusui River, Taiwan Island

Tachysurus adiposalis
Colour in life of adult cited from Zhou and Gao (2011)

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