Tachysurus sinensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Tachysurus |
| Species: | T. sinensis
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| Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803
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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
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Tachysurus fulvidraco". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ^ 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..