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Rhinobagrus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872)

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This bagrid species has been noted as peaceful and schools with con specifics in its natural habitat. Certainly would grow too large for the average aquarium. Its fin rays are reported to cause injuries if the skin is punctured. Reproduction: Spawns amongst terrestrial plant roots that extend into the water. 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 ussuriensis: named from the Ussuri River on the Russian and Chinese border. Remarks: Still found on some online sources as Pelteobagrus ussuriensis or Tachysurus ussuriensis

Common Name:

Tangerine Bullhead, Ussuri catfish

Synonyms:

Pelteobagrus ussuriensis, Leiocassis ussuriensis, Pseudobagrus ussuriensis, Macrones ussuriensis, Bagrus ussuriensis, Tachysurus ussuriensis

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: China, from the Heilong River to the Zhujiang River. Russia, Type locality: Ussuri and Sungari rivers, Amur River basin, and Khanka Lake.

Size:

100.0cm (3ft 4ins)

Temp:

12-25°C (51-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Tachysurus (Rhinobagrus) ussuriensis is known from the Amur river, Russia, to Northern China, as well as the lower reaches of the Yellow River and Jinan, also within the Korea Peninsula. This species is known to be very abundant in the middle of the Amur and its southern tributaries but rare in the upper Amur. However, this species is widespread and while it is possibly declining in parts of its range from ongoing pollution, amateur fishing and weather extremes, it is not thought that any global population decline is likely to meet (or be close to meeting) the threshold for Vulnerable, and therefore the species is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Baensch, H.A. and R. Riehl 1991 Aquarien atlas. Bd. 3. Melle: Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde, Germany. 1104 p.
Bogutskaya, N. 2022. Tachysurus (Rhinobagrus) ussuriensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
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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Rhinobagrus ussuriensis

Rhinobagrus ussuriensis
Ventral mouth view

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