Pelteobagrus

Pelteobagrus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus:
Bleeker, 1865

Pelteobagrus is a doubtful 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 sinensis.[2]

Species

The following species have been in Pelteobagrus at some point:[3]

  • Pelteobagrus argentivittatus (Regan, 1905); valid as Tachysurus argentivittatus
  • Pelteobagrus brashnikowi (Berg, 1907); valid as Tachysurus brashnikowi
  • Pelteobagrus crassilabris (Günther, 1864); valid as Tachysurus crassilabris
  • Pelteobagrus crassirostris (Regan, 1913); valid as Tachysurus crassirosris
  • Pelteobagrus eupogon (Boulenger, 1892); valid as Tachysurus eupogon
  • Pelteobagrus fui (Miao, 1934); valid as Tachysurus fui
  • Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846); valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803
  • Pelteobagrus intermedius (Nichols & Pope, 1927); valid as Tachysurus intermedius
  • Pelteobagrus kyphus (Mai, 1978); valid as Tachysurus kyphus
  • Pelteobagrus mica (Gromov, 1970); valid as Tachysurus mica
  • Pelteobagrus microps (Rendahl, 1933); valid as Tachysurus microps
  • Pelteobagrus nitidus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874); valid as Tachysurus nitidus
  • Pelteobagrus nudiceps (Sauvage, 1883); valid as Tachysurus nudiceps
  • Pelteobagrus ornatus (Duncker, 1904); valid as Hyalobagrus ornatus
  • Pelteobagrus ransonnettii (Steindachner, 1887); valid as Tachysurus aurantiacus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
  • Pelteobagrus tenuifurcatus (Nichols, 1931); valid as Tachysurus tenuifurcatus
  • Pelteobagrus tonkinensis Nguyen, 2006; valid as Tachysurus tonkinensis
  • Pelteobagrus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872); valid as Tachysurus ussuriensis
  • Pelteobagrus vachellii (Richardson, 1846); valid as Tachysurus vachellii
  • Pelteobagrus virgatus (Oshima, 1926); valid as Tachysurus virgatus
  • Pelteobagrus wangi (Miao, 1934); species inquirenda in Tachysurus
  • Pelteobagrus wittenburgii (Popta, 1911); valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803

FishBase currently shows two valid species in this genus, P. eupogon and P. tonkinensis.[4]

References

  1. ^ Maurice Kottelat (2013). "Inland fishes of Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No 27: 266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-06.
  2. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Silurus calvarius". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
  3. ^ Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pelteobagrus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelteobagrus". FishBase. August 2025 version.


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