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| Scientific Name | Tachysurus mica |
| Common Name | |
| Type Locality | Lake Ommi, middle Amur River basin, Russia. |
| Synonym(s) | Leiocassis mica, Mystus mica, Pelteobagrus mica, Pseudobagrus mica |
| Pronunciation | trah key sue russ |
| Species Information | |
| 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. Tachysurus mica is very similar to T. argentivittatus except T. mica lacks black blotches in the dorsal fin (the absence of spots was well-illustrated in its original description), and T. mica has fewer vertebrae compared to T. argentivittatus. |
| Sexing | Males have an elongate genital papilla in front of the anal fin. |
| General Remarks | This species was considered a synonym of T. argentivittatus, but was revalidated as a species by Shao, W et al. 2025. J. Biogeography, 0:e15144. https://doi.org/10.1111/jbi.15144. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | East Asia: Amur River basin, Russia and China, and Yangtze River basin, China. Russian Waters, Amur (click on these areas to find other species found there) China Waters, Yangtze (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Breeding | Unreported in captivity. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Voprosy Ikhtiologii v. 10 (no. 3, art. 62), pp 400 [277], Fig. (unnumbered). |
| Registered Keepers | There is no registered keeper. |
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| Last Update | 2025 Jul 18 03:39 (species record created: 2025 Jul 12 10:58) |