Xiurenbagrus
| Xiurenbagrus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Amblycipitidae |
| Genus: | Xiurenbagrus Chen & Lundberg, 1995 |
| Type species | |
| Liobagrus xiurenensis Yue, 1981
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Xiurenbagrus is a
Taxonomy
X. xiurenensis was first described in 1981 as Liobagrus xiurenensis. However, it was realized that Liobagrus would not be monophyletic with the inclusion of this species, so Xiurenbagrus was erected. The genera Amblyceps and Liobagrus are sister group pair that is, in turn, sister to Xiurenbagrus.[2]
Species
- Xiurenbagrus dorsalis Hui, Yang & Zheng, 2014.[3]
- Xiurenbagrus gigas Zhao, Lan & Zhang, 2004[4]
- Xiurenbagrus xiurenensis Yue, 1981
Distribution
X. gigas is known only from the
Longzhou, Guangxi.[2]
Description
Xiurenbagrus species have a
caudal fin and has a free lobe.[2] X. gigas is the largest species of amblycipitid and grows to about 16.5 centimetres (6.5 in) SL.[4] X. xiurenensis is a small- to medium-sized amblycipitid, growing to about 10.7 cm (4.2 in) SL.[2]
Ecology
Little is known about the ecology of these fishes. X. xiurenensis is benthic and inhabits streams in the Nanling mountain range. The stomach contents have been studied to contain parts of arthropods.[2]
References
- ^ Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628.
- ^ JSTOR 1447027.
- ^ Xiu, L-H, J Yang & H-F Zheng, 2014. An extraordinary new blind catfish, Xiurenbagrus dorsalis (Teleostei: Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae), from Guangxi, China. Zootaxa 3835: 376–380
- ^ .