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  • Tachysurus eupogon
  • Tachysurus eupogonVentral view
  • Tachysurus eupogonDorsal view
  • Tachysurus eupogonLateral view
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Scientific Name Tachysurus eupogon  (Boulenger, 1892)
Common Name
Type Locality Shanghai, China.
Synonym(s) Pelteobagrus eupogon, Pseudobagrus eupogon
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Size 200mm or 7.9" 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.
Sexing Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin.
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Distribution Yangtze River basin, China.
China Waters, Yangtze (click on these areas to find other species found there)

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IUCN Red List Category Not Evaluated
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Breeding Reports There is no breeding report.
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Reference Annals and Magazine of Natural History (Series 6) v. 9 (no. 51), pp 247.
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Last Update 2019 Oct 20 08:03 (species record created: 2011 Feb 05 19:19)