Pelteobagrus

Pelteobagrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Bagridae
Genus:	Pelteobagrus Bleeker, 1865

Pelteobagrus is a doubtful genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia. The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus ^[1] and the type species of the genus, is Silurus calvarius which is a synonym of Tachysurus sinensis . ^[2]

Species

The following species have been in Pelteobagrus at some point: ^[3]

• Pelteobagrus argentivittatus(Regan, 1905); valid as Tachysurus argentivittatus
• Pelteobagrus brashnikowi(Berg, 1907); valid as Tachysurus brashnikowi
• Pelteobagrus crassilabris(Günther, 1864); valid as Tachysurus crassilabris
• Pelteobagrus crassirostris(Regan, 1913); valid as Tachysurus crassirosris
• Pelteobagrus eupogon(Boulenger, 1892); valid as Tachysurus eupogon
• Pelteobagrus fui(Miao, 1934); valid as Tachysurus fui
• Pelteobagrus fulvidraco(Richardson, 1846); valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803
• Pelteobagrus intermedius(Nichols & Pope, 1927); valid as Tachysurus intermedius
• Pelteobagrus kyphus(Mai, 1978); valid as Tachysurus kyphus
• Pelteobagrus mica(Gromov, 1970); valid as Tachysurus mica
• Pelteobagrus microps(Rendahl, 1933); valid as Tachysurus microps
• Pelteobagrus nitidus(Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874); valid as Tachysurus nitidus
• Pelteobagrus nudiceps(Sauvage, 1883); valid as Tachysurus nudiceps
• Pelteobagrus ornatus(Duncker, 1904); valid as Hyalobagrus ornatus
• Pelteobagrus ransonnettii(Steindachner, 1887); valid as Tachysurus aurantiacus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
• Pelteobagrus tenuifurcatus(Nichols, 1931); valid as Tachysurus tenuifurcatus
• Pelteobagrus tonkinensisNguyen, 2006; valid as Tachysurus tonkinensis
• Pelteobagrus ussuriensis(Dybowski, 1872); valid as Tachysurus ussuriensis
• Pelteobagrus vachellii(Richardson, 1846); valid as Tachysurus vachellii
• Pelteobagrus virgatus(Oshima, 1926); valid as Tachysurus virgatus
• Pelteobagrus wangi(Miao, 1934); species inquirenda in Tachysurus
• Pelteobagrus wittenburgii(Popta, 1911); valid as Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803

FishBase currently shows two valid species in this genus, P. eupogon and P. tonkinensis. ^[4]

References

1. Maurice Kottelat (2013). "Inland fishes of Southeast Asia" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Supplement No 27: 266. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-01-06.
2. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Silurus calvarius". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 1 August 2017.
3. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Pelteobagrus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 18 August 2025.
4. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Pelteobagrus". FishBase . August 2025 version.