Biology:Liobagrus kingi

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Liobagrus kingi
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Liobagrus
Species:
L. kingi
Binomial name
Liobagrus kingi
T. L. Tchang, 1935

Liobagrus kingi, the King's bullhead, is a species of catfish in the family Amblycipitidae (the torrent catfishes) endemic to China , where it is known to occur in the lake Dianchi basin, in its tributaries and effluent river, the Zhangjiu, and two tributaries of the Jinshajiang (upper Yangtze) river in Sichuan and Yunnan.[1][2] It has not been recorded in the lake since the 1960s.[3] This species grows to a length of 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.[2]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, B. (2008). "Liobagrus kingi". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2008: e.T135151A4067905. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135151A4067905.en. http://www.iucnredlist.org/details/135151/0. Retrieved 14 January 2018. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2014). "Liobagrus kingi" in FishBase. June 2014 version.
  3. Wang, Wang, Li, Du, Yang, Lassoie, and Hassan (2013). Six decades of changes in vascular hydrophyte and fish species in three plateau lakes in Yunnan, China. Biodivers Conserv 22: 3197–3221. doi: 10.1007/s10531-013-0579-0

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q3761233 entry