Tachysurus
nudiceps (Sauvage, 1883) |
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Frants
Lehmann
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Dorsal spines (total):
1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 5 - 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays:
18 - 20. Body elongated, anteriorly depressed, posteriorly compressed.
Four pairs of mouth barbels present. No scales on body. Pectoral
and dorsal fins enlarged and spinous. Posterior margin of caudal
fin deeply notched. |
| Common
Name: |
Gigi |
| Synonyms: |
Mystus
nudiceps, Pseudobagrus nudiceps, Pelteobagrus nudiceps |
| Family: |
Bagridaemblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Japan; Lake Biwa; central
and western Honshu, eastern Shikoku, and northwestern Kyushu islands,
(Matsuura et al., 2000). Reported from the Lower Pliocene of Mie
Prefecture, Japan, in Watanabe & Okuyama. Type locality: le
Lac Biwako, Japon. |
| Size:
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12cm (
4ins) |
| Temp: |
10-24°C
(47-75°F) |
| p.H. |
7.0-7.8. |
| Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J.
Jr. 2007 Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase.World
Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2009).
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