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Scientific Name	**Tachysurus kyphus** (Mai, 1978)
Common Name
Type Locality	Ky Phu stream in Dai tu district, Thai Nguyen Province, northern Vietnam.
Synonym(s)	Pelteobagrus kyphus, Pseudobagrus kyphus
Species Information
Size	73mm or 2.9" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Tachysurus can be identified by an extrascapular without a laterosensory canal, and a pterotic with a broad lateral laminar expansion. It is among the most speciose catfish groups in East Asia and its members inhabit habitats ranging from fast-flowing hillstreams to large rivers.
Sexing	Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Northern Vietnam; Yunnan Provice and Guangxi Zhuangzu Autonomous Region, China. China Waters, Yunnan Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) China Waters, Guangxi Zhuangzu Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Vietnam waters, Northern Vietnam Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Log in to view data on a map.
IUCN Red List Category	Data Deficient, range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2011.
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Identification of the fresh-water fishes of North Viet Nam v. 1, pp 261, Fig. 119.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2019 Oct 13 03:13 (species record created: 2009 May 09 11:38)