Pseudobagrus

Pseudobagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes that inhabit streams and rivers throughout East Asia.^[2] About half of these species occur in China.^[3]

Pseudobagrus Temporal range: Middle Miocene to present[1] PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
Pseudobagrus chryseus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Pseudobagrus Bleeker, 1858
Type species
Pseudobagrus aurantiacus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
Synonyms
Fluvidraco Jordan & Fowler, 1903

Pseudobagrus aurantiacus (Temminck and Schlegel) by Kawahara Keiga, 1823 - 1829.

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, †Pseudobagrus ikiensis Watanabe & Uyeno, 1999 is known from the Middle Miocene of Japan.^[6]

Species

There are currently 32 recognized species in this genus:^[7]

• Pseudobagrus adiposalis Ōshima, 1919
• Pseudobagrus albomarginatus (Rendahl (de), 1928)
• Pseudobagrus analis (Nichols, 1930)
• Pseudobagrus aurantiacus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion J. L. Cheng, Ishihara & E. Zhang, 2008^[8]
• Pseudobagrus brevianalis Regan, 1908
• Pseudobagrus brevicaudatus (H. W. Wu, 1930)
• Pseudobagrus crassilabris (Günther, 1864)
• Pseudobagrus eupogoides H. W. Wu, 1930
• Pseudobagrus fui C. P. Miao, 1934
• Pseudobagrus gracilis Jie Li, X. L. Chen & B. P. L. Chan, 2005^[3]
• Pseudobagrus hwanghoensis (T. Mori, 1933)
• Pseudobagrus kaifenensis (T. L. Tchang, 1934)
• Pseudobagrus koreanus Uchida, 1990
• Pseudobagrus kyphus Đ. Y. Mai, 1978
• Pseudobagrus medianalis (Regan, 1904)
• Pseudobagrus microps (Rendahl (de), 1932)
• Pseudobagrus nubilosus H. H. Ng & Freyhof, 2007^[2]
• Pseudobagrus omeihensis (Nichols, 1941)
• Pseudobagrus ondon T. H. Shaw, 1930
• Pseudobagrus pratti (Günther, 1892)
• Pseudobagrus rendahli (Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)
• Pseudobagrus sinyanensis (T. S. Fu, 1935)
• Pseudobagrus taeniatus (Günther, 1873)
• Pseudobagrus taiwanensis Ōshima, 1919
• Pseudobagrus tenuifurcatus (Nichols, 1931)
• Pseudobagrus tenuis (Günther, 1873)
• Pseudobagrus tokiensis Döderlein (de), 1887
• Pseudobagrus trilineatus (C. Y. Zheng, 1979)
• Pseudobagrus truncatus (Regan, 1913)
• Pseudobagrus vachelli^[9]
• Pseudobagrus wangi C. P. Miao, 1934