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Rhinobagrus dumerili Bleeker, 1864

Image contributors to this species:

Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1) Zhou Hang (2) Johnny Jensen's Photographic Library (1) Drake Shaw (1)

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Description: Can be identified by its long nose and grey colouration. Aquarium Care: Too large a species for the home aquarium. Etymology: The genus name Rhinobagrus: rhinós, genitive of rhís, snout, referring to extended snout of R. dumerili; Bagrus, type genus of Bagridae. The specific name of dumerili: in honour of Bleeker’s friend August Duméril (1812-1870), herpetologist and ichthyologist, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle (Paris), who kindly allowed Bleeker to describe it. Remarks: Moved from the Leiocassis genera to Tachysurus but has been misadentified as Tachysurus longirostris. Still found on some online searches as Tachysurus dumerili.

Common Name:

Chinese longsnout catfish

Synonyms:

Leiocassis longirostris, Pseudobagrus longirostris, Liocassis longirostris, Tachysurus dumerili

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: China, in the north. Type locality: Japan (possibly in error for China).

Size:

90.0cm (36ins)

Temp:

16-25°C (59-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Not Evaluated.

Reference:

Devi, R. & Boguskaya, N. 2009. Leiocassis longirostris. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2009.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr. 2007 Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Rhinobagrus dumerili

Rhinobagrus dumerili
White specimen

Rhinobagrus dumerili
Head area on white specimen

Rhinobagrus dumerili
Juvenile

Rhinobagrus dumerili

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