Biology:Pelteobagrus

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Pelteobagrus
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Pelteobagrus ornatus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Pelteobagrus
Bleeker, 1865

Pelteobagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia. The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus[1] and the type species of the genus, is Silurus calvarius which is a synonym of Tachysurus fulvidraco.[2]

Species

There are currently five described species in this genus:[3]

  • Pelteobagrus eupogon (Boulenger, 1892)
  • Pelteobagrus intermedius (Nichols & C. H. Pope, 1927)
  • Pelteobagrus nudiceps (Sauvage, 1883)
  • Pelteobagrus tonkinensis V. H. Nguyễn, 2005
  • Pelteobagrus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872) (Ussuri catfish)

References

  1. Maurice Kottelat (2013). "Inland fishes of Southeast Asia". The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology Supplement No 27: 266. Archived from the original on 2015-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20150106232024/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf. 
  2. William Eschmeyer. "Species that contain: Silurus and calvarius (not including unavailable names)". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmaintest.asp. Retrieved 1 August 2017. 
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Pelteobagrus in FishBase. December 2011 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q3761733 entry