Liobagrus aequilabris
| Liobagrus aequilabris | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amblycipitidae |
| Genus: | Liobagrus |
| Species: | L. aequilabris |
| Binomial name | |
| Liobagrus aequilabris Wright & Ng, 2008 | |
Liobagrus aequilabris is a species of catfish in the Amblycipitidae family (the torrent catfishes). This species is endemic to China, where it is only known from the Xiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Guangxi province, but may also be present in the Li River, a tributary of the Pearl River, due to the presence of the Lingqu Canal connecting the Xiang and Li Rivers.[1]
L. aequilabris reaches a length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[2] It differs from other members of its genus in lacking large, retrorse serrations on the posterior edge of the pectoral-fin spine, having upper and lower jaws of equal length, relatively long dorsal (7.5-10.2 % of SL) and pectoral-fin (9.1-12.1 % of SL) spines, a relatively long caudal fin (20.1-26.9 % of SL), and relatively few post-Weberian vertebrae (35-37).[1]
References
- 1 2 Wright, J. J., & Ng, H. H. (2008). "A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from Southern China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 157 (1): 37–43. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[37:ansols]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 27667782.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Liobagrus aequilabris" in FishBase. June 2014 version.