# Pelteobagrus

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

## Species

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

- *Pelteobagrus argentivittatus* (Regan, 1905); valid as *[Tachysurus argentivittatus](/source/Tachysurus_argentivittatus)*
- *Pelteobagrus brashnikowi* (Berg, 1907); valid as *[Tachysurus brashnikowi](/source/Tachysurus_brashnikowi)*
- *Pelteobagrus crassilabris* (Günther, 1864); valid as *[Tachysurus crassilabris](/source/Tachysurus_crassilabris)*
- *Pelteobagrus crassirostris* (Regan, 1913); valid as *[Tachysurus crassirosris](/source/Tachysurus_crassirosris)*
- *Pelteobagrus eupogon* (Boulenger, 1892); valid as *[Tachysurus eupogon](/source/Tachysurus_eupogon)*
- *Pelteobagrus fui* (Miao, 1934); valid as *[Tachysurus fui](/source/Tachysurus_fui)*
- *Pelteobagrus fulvidraco* (Richardson, 1846); valid as *[Tachysurus sinensis](/source/Tachysurus_sinensis)* Lacepède, 1803
- *Pelteobagrus intermedius* (Nichols & Pope, 1927); valid as *[Tachysurus intermedius](/source/Tachysurus_intermedius)*
- *Pelteobagrus kyphus* (Mai, 1978); valid as *[Tachysurus kyphus](/source/Tachysurus_kyphus)*
- *Pelteobagrus mica* (Gromov, 1970); valid as *[Tachysurus mica](/source/Tachysurus_mica)*
- *Pelteobagrus microps* (Rendahl, 1933); valid as *[Tachysurus microps](/source/Tachysurus_microps)*
- *Pelteobagrus nitidus* (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874); valid as *[Tachysurus nitidus](/source/Tachysurus_nitidus)*
- *Pelteobagrus nudiceps* (Sauvage, 1883); valid as *[Tachysurus nudiceps](/source/Tachysurus_nudiceps)*
- *Pelteobagrus ornatus* (Duncker, 1904); valid as *[Hyalobagrus ornatus](/source/Hyalobagrus_ornatus)*
- *Pelteobagrus ransonnettii* (Steindachner, 1887); valid as *[Tachysurus aurantiacus](/source/Tachysurus_aurantiacus)* (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)
- *Pelteobagrus tenuifurcatus* (Nichols, 1931); valid as *[Tachysurus tenuifurcatus](/source/Tachysurus_tenuifurcatus)*
- *Pelteobagrus tonkinensis* Nguyen, 2006; valid as *[Tachysurus tonkinensis](/source/Tachysurus_tonkinensis)*
- *Pelteobagrus ussuriensis* (Dybowski, 1872); valid as *[Tachysurus ussuriensis](/source/Tachysurus_ussuriensis)*
- *Pelteobagrus vachellii* (Richardson, 1846); valid as *[Tachysurus vachellii](/source/Tachysurus_vachellii)*
- *Pelteobagrus virgatus* (Oshima, 1926); valid as *[Tachysurus virgatus](/source/Tachysurus_virgatus)*
- *Pelteobagrus wangi* (Miao, 1934); [species inquirenda](/source/Species_inquirenda) in *[Tachysurus](/source/Tachysurus)*
- *Pelteobagrus wittenburgii* (Popta, 1911); valid as *[Tachysurus sinensis](/source/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"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150106232024/http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf). *The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology*. **Supplement No 27**: 266. Archived from [the original](http://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/Raffles%20Bulletin%20of%20Zoology/Supplements/Supplement%2027/rbz_S27.pdf) on 2015-01-06.

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