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
See text.
Synonyms
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

• Liobagrus andersoni Regan, 1908
• Liobagrus anguillicauda Nichols, 1926
• Liobagrus formosanus Regan, 1908
• Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935
• Liobagrus marginatoides (Wu, 1930)
• Liobagrus marginatus (Günther, 1892)
• Liobagrus mediadiposalis Mori, 1936
• Liobagrus nantoensis Oshima, 1919
• Liobagrus nigricauda Regan, 1904
• Liobagrus obesus Son, Kim & Choo, 1987
• Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878
• Liobagrus styani Regan, 1908

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d} 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. 
2. ^ 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.