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Issue: Vol. 4476 No. 1: 13 Sept. 2018
Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-13
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4476.1.6
Page range: 69–76
Abstract views: 88
PDF downloaded: 40

Re-description of the catfish species Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935 (Pisces: Amblycipitidae) from the upper Chang-Jiang basin, China

Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China
Institute of Hydrobiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wuhan 430072, Hubei Province, China
Pisces Liobagrus type specimen species identification

Abstract

The identity and validity of Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935 remain contentious to date due to its inaccurate original description. A re-description is provided here for this species based on our examination on its type, hitherto deposited in ASIZB and available topotypic material. It is confirmed that L. kingi is a species with a serrated posterior edge of the pectoral-fin spine and distinct from the sympatrically existing species L. nigricauda. Comments on former recognitions of specimens from the upper Chang-Jiang basin as L. kingi are presented.

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