The two Coreobagrus species, C. brevicorpus and C. ichikiwai, are both treated in some recent literature as valid in Pseudobagrus.[4] It has been noted that Pelteobagrus may not be monophyletic if species placed in Pseudobagrus and Coreobagrus were excluded.[4] The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus.[5]
Pseudobagrus species are small- to mid-sized bagrid catfishes.[2] 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.[3]
One fossil species, P. ikiensis Watanabe & Uyeno, is known from the Middle Miocene of Japan.[1]
There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:[6]
Watanabe, K. and Uyeno, T.; Fossil bagrid catfishes from Japan and their zoogeography, with description of a new species, Pseudobagrus ikiensis: Ichthyological Research Volume 46, Number 4, 397-412
Ng, Heok Hee; Freyhof, Jörg (March 2007). "Pseudobagrus nubilosus, a new species of catfish from central Vietnam (Teleostei: Bagridae), with notes on the validity of Pelteobagrus and Pseudobagrus". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters. 18 (1): 9–16.
Cheng, JL; Ishihara, H.; Zhang, E. (2008). "Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion, a new catfish (Teleostei: Bagridae) from the middle Yangtze River drainage, South China". Ichthyological Research. 55 (2): 112–123. doi:10.1007/s10228-007-0020-3. S2CID36319313.
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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