Tachysurus
virgatus (Oshima, 1926) |
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| Image
contributors to this species: |
| Freshwater
Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations
(1) Zhou
Hang (4) |
| ScotCat
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| Relevant
Information: |
Dorsal spines (total):
2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 6 - 7; Anal soft rays: 14 - 17. Nude
without scale, complete lateral line extended until the end of the
caudal fin. The bagrid catfish genus Tachysurus (known
until very recently in the literature as Pelteobagrus or
Pseudobagrus) is among the most speciose catfish groups
in East Asia, with at least 31 valid species (Ng &Freyhof; Ng
& Kottelat, 2007; Cheng et al., 2008). Its members inhabit habitats
ranging from fast-flowing hillstreams to large rivers, and are diagnosed
by an extrascapular without a laterosensory canal, and a pterotic
with a broad lateral laminar expansion (Mo, 1991). |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
Leiocassis
virgatus, Pseudobagrus virgatus, Pelteobagrus virgatus, Aoria virgatus
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| Family: |
Bagridaemblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
China; Hainan Island, Yuanjiang.
Type locality: Kachek River, about 40 mi. above
Kachek, Hainan Island, China. |
| Size:
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13.5cm
( 5¼ins) |
| Temp: |
21-25°C
(70-77°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Ng, H.H;
2009. Tachysurus spilotus, a new species of
catfish from central Vietnam (Teleostei: Bagridae) Zootaxa 2283:
16–28.
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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