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Tachysurus adiposalis (Oshima, 1919)
Image contributors to this species:
The Fishes of Taiwan (1)
ScotCat Sources:
Etymology = Genus  
Other Sources:
Fishbase  Google Search   All Catfish Species Inventory  Search ispecies  Catalog of Fishes
 
Relevant Information: 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).
Common Name: None
Synonyms: Pseudobagrus adiposalis, Pelteobagrus adiposalis
Family: Bagridaemblycipitidae
Distribution: Asia: Oujiang (Wu River), Xiangjiang, Zhujiang (Pearl River), China; Taiwan. Type locality: Tamusui R. near Shinten, Taiwan 
Size: 14cm ( 5½ins)
Temp: 21-24°C (69-75°F)
p.H. 6.0-7.0.
Reference: Jie Li, Xianglin Chen & Bosco P.L. Chan; (2005) A new species of Pseudobagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae)
from southern China. Zootaxa 1067: 49–57.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.


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