Tachysurus ussuriensis • Bagridae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Tachysurus ussuriensis** (Dybowski, 1872)
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Ussuri and Sungari rivers, Amur River basin, and Khanka Lake, Russia.
Synonym(s)	Bagrus ussuriensis, Leiocassis ussuriensis, Macrones ussuriensis, Pseudobagrus ussuriensis
Species Information
Size	1000mm (39.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Tachysurus can be identified by an extrascapular without a laterosensory canal, and a pterotic with a broad lateral laminar expansion. It is among the most speciose catfish groups in East Asia and its members inhabit habitats ranging from fast-flowing hillstreams to large rivers.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Ussuri and Sungari rivers, Amur River basin, and Khanka Lake, Russia. Russian Waters, Amur (click on these areas to find other species found there) Russian Waters, Amur, Ussuri (click on these areas to find other species found there) Russian Waters, Amur, Ussuri, Khanka (click on these areas to find other species found there) Russian Waters, Amur, Sungari (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Verhandlungen der K.-K. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien v. 22
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2008 Jun 19 16:51 (species record created: 2007 Feb 19 20:40)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Tachysurus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872)

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Ussuri and Sungari rivers, Amur River basin, and Khanka Lake, Russia.

Synonym(s)

Bagrus ussuriensis, Leiocassis ussuriensis, Macrones ussuriensis, Pseudobagrus ussuriensis

Species Information

Size

1000mm (39.4") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Tachysurus can be identified by an extrascapular without a laterosensory canal, and a pterotic with a broad lateral laminar expansion. It is among the most speciose catfish groups in East Asia and its members inhabit habitats ranging from fast-flowing hillstreams to large rivers.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Ussuri and Sungari rivers, Amur River basin, and Khanka Lake, Russia.
Russian Waters, Amur (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Russian Waters, Amur, Ussuri (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Russian Waters, Amur, Ussuri, Khanka (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Russian Waters, Amur, Sungari (click on these areas to find other species found there)