Tachysurus sinensis

Tachysurus sinensis
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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]

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

References

  1. ^ Bogutskaya, N. (2022). "Tachysurus sinensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2022: e.T166953A1156616. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2022-1.RLTS.T166953A1156616.en. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  2. ^ Zhao, H.H. (2011). "Tachysurus fulvidraco". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011: e.T166095A6173346. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-2.RLTS.T166095A6173346.en. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tachysurus fulvidraco". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  4. ^ 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. 2 (22 (2009)) 22. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-22. PMC 2689855. PMID 19397804..