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Tachysurus tokiensis (Döderlein, 1887)

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Fishes of Mainland Southeast Asia (1)

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Relevant Information:

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 tokiensis: –ensis, suffix denoting place: Tokyo, Japan, type locality. Remarks: Still valid in some publications as Pseudobagrus tokiensis but the Catalog of Fishes has Tachysurus as the current status and also uncertain as Tachysurus tonkinensis (Nguyen 2005).

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Pseudobagrus tokiensis

Family:

Bagridae

Distribution:

Asia: Northern portions of Honshu, Japan. Type locality: River near Tokyo, Japan.

Size:

11.0cm. (4½ins)

Temp:

p.H.

6.0-7.5.

IUCN Red List

The species is assessed as Data Deficient, due to a lack of information regarding its range, population trends, or direct threats, but needs updating (IUCN 2012).

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr. 2007 Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Huckstorf, V. 2012. Tachysurus tonkinensis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2012.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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