Pseudobagrus

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File:Naturalis Biodiversity Center - RMNH.ART.135 - Pseudobagrus aurantiacus (Temminck and Schlegel) - Kawahara Keiga - 1823 - 1829 - Siebold Collection - pencil drawing - water colour.jpeg
Pseudobagrus aurantiacus (Temminck and Schlegel) by Kawahara Keiga, 1823 - 1829.

Pseudobagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes that inhabit streams and rivers throughout East Asia.[1] About half of these species occur in China.[2]

The two Coreobagrus species, C. brevicorpus and C. ichikiwai, are both treated in some recent literature as valid in Pseudobagrus.[3] It has been noted that Pelteobagrus may not be monophyletic if species placed in Pseudobagrus and Coreobagrus were excluded.[3] The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus.[4]

Pseudobagrus species are small- to mid-sized bagrid catfishes.[1] These fish all have an inferior mouth; narial openings widely separated; four pairs of barbels; top of head covered by skin in most species; two dorsal fin spines; pelvic fin small; and caudal fin emarginate, truncate or round.[2]

One fossil species, †Pseudobagrus ikiensis Watanabe & Uyeno, 1999 is known from the Middle Miocene of Japan.[5]

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:[6]

References

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  8. Zhang, G., Wang, R., Mao, J., Yin, S., Tao, P., Chen, J., ... & Chen, S. (2016). The complete mitochondrial genome and phylogenic analysis of Pseudobagrus vachelli. Mitochondrial DNA Part A, 27(5), 3551-3552.

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