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Pseudecheneis paviei Vaillant, 1892

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Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 8; Anal soft rays: 9. Differs from other species of Pseudecheneis by the combination of following characters: 9-14 transverse ridges on the thoracic adhesive apparatus; wide and flat snout, with ratio of snout width at mouth corner to distance between pectoral fin base larger than 0.75; caudal peduncle depth 6.1-9.3% SL and 29.4-46.7% in length of caudal peduncle; four yellow spots on caudal fin which are isolated and not connected with each other; premaxillary tooth band semicircular with six or eight teeth along its outer edge; body covered with dense, rounded tubercles distributed irregularly; tubercles increasing in density gradually from occipital to caudal peduncle; and 33 (17+16), 34 (17+17) vertebrae. Etymology: The specific name paviei: In honour of Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (1847–1925), French colonial civil servant and diplomat, who collected the holotype.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pseudecheneis intermedius, Parapseudecheis paviei, Pseudecheneis intermedia

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Red River drainage in China and Vietnam. Type locality: Near Lai Chau [Red River drainage], Tonkin, n. Vietnam.

Size:

12.0cm. (4¾ins)

Temp:

18-24°c (64-75°f.)

p.H.

6.5-7.5.

Reference:

The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.
Zhou, W., X. Li and Y. Yang, 2008. A review of the catfish genus Pseudecheneis (Siluriformes: Sisoridae) from China, with the description of four new species from Yunnan. Raffles Bull. Zool. 56(1):107-124.

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Pseudecheneis paviei

Pseudecheneis paviei
Showing the horizontal corrugated adhesive apparatus

Pseudecheneis paviei

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