Tachysurus fulvidraco, Yellow catfish : fisheries, aquaculture

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Tachysurus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846)

Yellow catfish
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Bagridae (Bagrid catfishes)
Etymology: Tachysurus: Greek, tachys, -eia, y = quick + Greek, oura = tail (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Richardson.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal; non-migratory. Temperate; 16°C - 25°C (Ref. 2059); 55°N - 15°N, 100°E - 143°E

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Point map | Introductions | Faunafri

Asia: Nam Ma basin (Laos) and Viet Nam to southeastern Siberia (Ref. 43281). Recorded from Amur river basin (Ref. 13397).

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm 11.4  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 34.5 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 1441); common length : 8.0 cm SL male/unsexed; (Ref. 35840); max. published weight: 300.00 g (Ref. 56557)

Short description Morphology | Morphometrics

Dorsal spines (total): 2; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal soft rays: 19 - 20

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Adults occur mainly in river channels and lakes. They feed on the bottom on insects (particularly on trichopterans and chironomids), mollusks, occasionally on fishes (Ref. 6868). Oviparous (Ref. 205). Eggs are guarded by the males (Ref. 45232). Important food fish (Ref. 89718).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Males have been reported to guard both the eggs and larvae in the nest hole, previously dug by the male in the clay bottom (Ref. 4576).

Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Kottelat, M., 2001. Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 19 January 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; aquaculture: commercial
FAO - Aquaculture: production; ; Publication: search | FishSource |

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