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Tachysurus analis (Nichols 1930)

Image contributors to this species:

Zhou J-J et al 2024 (1)

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Description: 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 analis: Latin for anal, referring to longer anal fin compared to Leiocassis (=Pelteobagrus) ussuriensis. Remarks: Still found in some online sources as Pseudobagrus analis.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Leiocassis (Dermocassis) analis, Pseudobagrus analis

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Middle and lower Changjiang [= Yangtze River], China. Type locality: Hokou (Chaoshan), ne. Kiangsi Prov., China.

Size:

10.0m (4ins)

Temp:

20-25°C (67-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Burgess, W.E., 1989. An atlas of freshwater and marine catfishes. A preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey (USA). 784 p.
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.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 02/2024 ).
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 analis
Holotype-Yudu County, Jiangxi Province, in Gan-Jiang

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