Pelteobagrus fulvidraco

Pelteobagrus fulvidraco
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Pelteobagrus
Species:	P. fulvidraco
Binomial name
*Pelteobagrus fulvidraco*

Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, common name yellowhead catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Bagridae.

It is a common fish species found in the Yangtze River.^[1]

Parasites

A total of 11 species of helminths including 6 species of digeneans, 3 species of nematodes, 1 species of cestode, and 1 acanthocephalan were found in the stomach and intestine of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco:^[1]

Genarchopsis goppo^[1]
Orientocreadium siluri
Coitocoecum plagiorchis
Echinoparyphium lingulatum
Dollfustrema vaneyi
Opisthorchis parasiluri
Procamallanus fulvidraconis
Spinitectus gigi
Camallanus cotti
Gangesia pseudobagri
Hebsoma violentum

References

This article sincludes CC-BY-2.0 text from the reference.^[1]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Li W. X., Nie P., Wang G. T. & Yao W. J. (2009). "Communities of gastrointestinal helminths of fish in historically connected habitats: habitat fragmentation effect in a carnivorous catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco from seven lakes in flood plain of the Yangtze River, China". Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2: 22. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-22.