SCOTCAT.COM

your internet guide to all things catfish

Pseudecheneis stenura Ng, 2006

Image contributors to this species:

Zhou Hang (3)

ScotCat Sources:

Other Sources:

Relevant Information:

Description: Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 9 - 12; Vertebrae: 37 - 40. Can be separated from different species of the genus Pseudecheneis by having the following characters: pelvic fin reaching base of the first anal-fin ray (vs. not reaching in Pseudecheneis sulcata); pectoral fin reaching origin of pelvic fin (vs. not reaching in Pseudecheneis crassicauda; length of adipose- fin base 125-166.7% in length of anal-fin base (vs. longer than 200% in Pseudecheneis serracula); separate pelvic fins (vs. fused in Pseudecheneis sympelvica); thoracic apparatus with 15-19 transverse ridges/laminae (vs. 9-13 in Pseudecheneis paviei); deeper forked caudal fin, shortest ray of caudal fin circa 50% of longest ray (vs. 75% in other congeners, except Pseudecheneis gracilis). Distinguished from Pseudecheneis gracilis in having the following features: two ovoid yellow patches on dorsal fin (vs. a saddle patch); head length 20.1-23.7% SL (vs. 14.9-18.6); postorbital head length 8.5-11.4% in head length (vs. 4.5-5.9); and body depth 67.1-88.5% in head length (vs. 73.9-112.2%). Other useful distinguishing characters include the following: premaxillary tooth band semicircular and two or four teeth along its outer edge; body covered with dense, rounded tubercles distributed irregularly; tubercles decreasing in density gradually from occipital to caudal peduncle with almost no tubercles; and vertebrae 39.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Sisoridae

Distribution:

Asia: Irrawaddy drainage, China. Type locality: Longchuanjiang at Lianmengjie bridge (Irrawaddy River drainage), Baoshan Prefecture, Yunnan, China.

Size:

18.0cm. (7ins)

Temp:

20-24°c (67-75°f.)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Ng, H.H., 2006. The identity of Pseudecheneis sulcata (M'Clelland, 1842), with descriptions of two new species of rheophilic catfish (Teleostei: Sisoridae) from Nepal and China. Zootaxa 1254:45-68.
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.

Family: Sisoridae Back to Ident-A-Cat Click on Thumbnails

Pseudecheneis stenura
Ventral view

Pseudecheneis stenura
Dorsal view

Pseudecheneis stenura

If you would like to contribute to the monthly factsheets with an article, information or photos, please e-mail me. You will of course be credited for your work.

If you would like to donate any denomination of monies to the site just click the above link button. All proceeds will go to running the site and hopefully to keep it going for a few years yet.