Liobagrus
| Liobagrus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amblycipitidae |
| Genus: | Liobagrus Hilgendorf, 1878 |
| Type species | |
| Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878 | |
| Species | |
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See text. | |
| Synonyms | |
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Neobagrus Bellotti, 1892 | |
Liobagrus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Amblycipitidae.
Taxonomy
No shared derived characteristic has been found to diagnose the genus Liobagrus.[1] However, it is maintained that this genus is currently monophyletic. Liobagrus has been placed in the family Bagridae. Later, it was found to more closely resemble Amblyceps, and was transferred to Amblycipitidae.[1]
Xiurenbagrus was erected because Liobagrus would not be monophyletic with Liobagrus xiurenensis, now Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis. The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[1]
Distribution
Liobagrus fishes are distributed in the Yangtze River basin, Taiwan, Japan, and the Korea Peninsula.[2]
Description
The adipose fin is confluent with the caudal fin. The nostrils are far apart, unlike those found in Amblyceps. Most Liobagrus species grow to about 100 millimetres (3.94 in) SL.[1]
Species
There are currently 14 species recognized:[3][4]
- Liobagrus aequilabris Wright & Ng, 2008
- Liobagrus andersoni Regan, 1908
- Liobagrus anguillicauda Nichols, 1926
- Liobagrus chenghaiensis Sun, Ren & Zhang, 2013[4]
- Liobagrus formosanus Regan, 1908
- Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935
- Liobagrus marginatoides (Wu, 1930)
- Liobagrus marginatus (Günther, 1892)
- Liobagrus mediadiposalis Mori, 1936
- Liobagrus nigricauda Regan, 1904
- Liobagrus obesus Son, Kim & Choo, 1987 (Bull-head torrent catfish)
- Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878
- Liobagrus somjinensis Park & Kim, 2011
- Liobagrus styani Regan, 1908
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Chen, Xiaoping; Lundberg, John G. (1995). "Xiurenbagrus, a New Genus of Amblycipitid Catfishes (Teleostei: Siluriformes), and Phylogenetic Relationships among the Genera of Amblycipitidae". Copeia 1995 (4): 780–800. doi:10.2307/1447027. JSTOR 1447027.
- ↑ Zhao, Yahui; Lan, Jiahu; Zhang, Chunguang (2004). "A new species of amblycipitid catfish, Xiurenbagrus gigas (Teleostei: Siluriformes), from Guangxi, China". Ichthyological Research 51 (3): 228–232. doi:10.1007/s10228-004-0220-z.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2013). Species of Liobagrus in FishBase. February 2013 version.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Sun, Z.-W., Ren, S.-J. & Zhang, E (2013): Liobagrus chenghaiensis, a new species of catfish (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from Yunnan, South China. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 23 (4) [2012]: 375-384.