''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 bagrid ...
es found in eastern
Asia
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and as a fossil in Africa. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''
Tachysurus argentivittatus''
(Regan
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, 1905)
* ''
Tachysurus brashnikowi''
( L. S. Berg, 1907) (Brazhnikov's catfish)
* ''
Tachysurus dumerili''
(Richardson
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, 1846) (Chinese longsnout catfish) →''Leiocassis longirostris'' is a synonym.
* ''
Tachysurus fulvidraco
''Tachysurus fulvidraco'', the yellowhead 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 maxim ...
''
( 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
''Tachysurus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia and as a fossil in Africa. The currently recognized species in this genus are:
* ''Tachysurus argentivittatus'' (Charles Tate Regan, Regan, 1905)
* ''Tachysurus brashnikowi'' (L ...
''
( 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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