Tachysurus sinensis

Tachysurus sinensis, the yellow catfish or Korean bullhead, is a species of bagrid catfish found in eastern Asia from Siberia to China, Korea, Vietnam, and Laos, where it can be found in lakes and river channels. It can reach a maximum length of 36.1 cm (14.2 in), weighing 3 kg (6 lb 10 oz), though it is much more commonly found to a length of 8 cm (3.1 in). It is a minor component of commercial fisheries.^[3]

Tachysurus sinensis
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1][2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Tachysurus
Species:	T. sinensis
Binomial name
Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803
Synonyms
Arius sinensis (Lacepède, 1803) Pimelodus fulvidraco Richardson, 1846 Tachysurus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) Pelteobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) Pseudobagrus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) Silurus calvarius Basilewsky, 1855 Pseudobagrus wittenburgi Popta, 1911

Parasites

A total of 11 species of helminths, including six species of digeneans, three species of nematodes, a species of cestode, and an acanthocephalan have been found in the stomach and intestines of T. fulvidraco:.^[4]

• Genarchopsis goppo
• Orientocreadium siluri
• Coitocoecum plagiorchis
• Echinoparyphium lingulatum
• Dollfustrema vaneyi
• Opisthorchis parasiluri
• Procamallanus fulvidraconis
• Spinitectus gigi
• Camallanus cotti
• Gangesia pseudobagri
• Hebsoma violentum