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Tachysurus nitidus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)

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Freshwater Fishes of China in Coloured Illustrations (1)

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Relevant Information:

Currently treated in some publications, and FishBase (2009), as Pelteobagrus nitidus. Was named as Leiocassis nitidus before this. Etymology: The genus name of Tachysurus: tachys, swift; oura, tail, referring to the presumed agility of T. sinensis based on its “long and nimble” tail (translation). The specific name of nitidus: neat, elegant or shining, allusion not explained, perhaps referring to “reddish body, wine-coloured towards the back” (translation), (Tachysurus nitidus). Remarks: Still found in some online sources as as Pseudobagrus nitidus.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pelteobagrus nitidus, Pseudobagrus nitidus, Leiocassis nitidus

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: China, from Heilongjiang (Amur River) to Minjiang (Yangtze River tributary). Type locality: Yang-tze-kiang, China.

Size:

16.0cm (6¼ins)

Temp:

16-25°C (59-77°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

IUCN Red List

Tachysurus nitidus is a freshwater catfish species that is broadly distributed throughout China and the Korean Peninsula, occurring in artificial reservoirs, lakes, small hill streams, and rivers. This species often comprises a dominant portion of ichthyofauna in China, but appears to be less common on the Korean Peninsula. There is currently no indication that the global population is in decline, despite a continuing inferred decline in habitat quality resulting from several regionally pervasive threats. Given a broad distribution and lack of evidence of decline, T. nitidus is assessed as Least Concern (IUCN 2023).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Lyons, T.J. 2023. Tachysurus nitidus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023.
Ng, H.H. and J. Freyhof, 2007. Pseudobagrus nubilosus, a new species of catfish from central Vietnam (Teleostei: Bagridae), with notes on the validity of Pelteobagrus and Pseudobagrus. Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 18(1):9-16
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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