Pseudobagrus

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Pseudobagrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Bagridae Genus: Pseudobagrus Bleeker, 1859
Species
P. adiposalis P. albomarginatus P. analis P. aurantiacus P. brevianalis P. brevicaudatus P. brevicorpus P. gracilis[1] P. ichikiwai P. ikiensis† P. koreanus P. medianalis P. nubilosus[2] P. omeihensis P. ondon P. pratti P. taeniatus P. taiwanensis P. tenuis P. tokiensis P. trilineatus P. truncatus
Synonyms
Fluvidraco Jordan & Fowler, 1903

Pseudobagrus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Bagridae.

The two Coreobagrus species, C. brevicorpus and C. ichikiwai, are both treated in some recent literature as valid in Pseudobagrus.^[3] It has been noted that Pelteobagrus may not be monophyletic if species placed in Pseudobagrus and Coreobagrus were excluded.^[3]

Pseudobagrus species inhabit streams and rivers throughout East Asia.^[2] About half of these species occur in China.^[1]

Pseudobagrus species are small- to mid-sized bagrid catfishes.^[2] These fish all have an inferior mouth; narial openings widely separated; four pairs of barbels; top of head covered by skin in most species; two dorsal fin spines; pelvic fin small; and caudal fin emarginate, truncate or round.^[1]

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1. ^ ^{a b c} Li, Jie; Chen, Xianglin; Chan, Bosco P.L. (2005). "A new species of Pseudobagrus (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Bagridae) from southern China" (PDF). Zootaxa 1067: 49–57. 
2. ^ ^{a b c} Ng, Heok Hee (March 2007). "Pseudobagrus nubilosus, a new species of catfish from central Vietnam (Teleostei: Bagridae), with notes on the validity of Pelteobagrus and Pseudobagrus". Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwaters 18 (1): 9–16. 
3. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.