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Tachysurus nudiceps (Sauvage, 1883)

Image contributors to this species:

Frants Lehmann (1 stamp) Nakamura, M; Keys to the Freshwater Fishes of Japan Fully Illustrated in Colors (2) Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia (1)

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Description: 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. 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 nudiceps: nudus, bare; ceps, head, i.e., bony or skinless, presumably referring to top of head, which is granulated, with a very thin covering of skin.

Common Name:

Gigi

Synonyms:

Mystus nudiceps, Pseudobagrus nudiceps, Pelteobagrus nudiceps

Family:

Bagridae

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:

12.0cm (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).
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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