''Tachysurus'' is a genus of
bagrid catfish
The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa ('' Bagrus'') and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo. It includes about 245 species. These fish are commonly known as naked catfishes or bagrid catfishes.
Many large bagri ...
es found in eastern
Asia
Asia (, ) is one of the world's most notable geographical regions, which is either considered a continent in its own right or a subcontinent of Eurasia, which shares the continental landmass of Afro-Eurasia with Africa. Asia covers an are ...
and as a fossil in Africa. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Tachysurus argentivittatus''
( Regan, 1905)
* ''
Tachysurus brashnikowi''
( L. S. Berg, 1907) (Brazhnikov's catfish)
* ''
Tachysurus dumerili''
( Richardson, 1846) (Chinese longsnout catfish) →''Leiocassis longirostris'' is a synonym.
* ''
Tachysurus fulvidraco''
( J. Richardson, 1846) (yellowhead catfish or Korean bullhead)
* ''
Tachysurus herzensteini''
(L. S. Berg, 1907) (Herzenstein's catfish)
* ''
Tachysurus hoi''
( Pellegrin & P. W. Fang, 1940)
* ''
Tachysurus longispinalis''
( V. H. Nguyễn, 2005)
* ''
Tachysurus nitidus''
( Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)
* ''
Tachysurus nudiceps''
(Sauvage, 1883)
* ''
Tachysurus sinensis''
Lacépède, 1803
* ''
Tachysurus spilotus''
H. H. Ng, 2009
* ''
Tachysurus virgatus''
( Ōshima, 1926)
*''Tachysurus landanensis'' (fossil)
References
Bagridae
Fish of Asia
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Bernard Germain de Lacépède
Freshwater fish genera
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