Tachysurus fulvidraco
| Tachysurus fulvidraco | |
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|   Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)  | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia | 
| Phylum: | Chordata | 
| Class: | Actinopterygii | 
| Order: | Siluriformes | 
| Family: | Bagridae | 
| Genus: | Tachysurus | 
| Species: | T. fulvidraco | 
| Binomial name | |
|  Tachysurus fulvidraco (J. Richardson, 1846)  | |
| Synonyms | |
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Tachysurus fulvidraco, the yellowhead catfish or Korean bullhead, is a species of bagrid catfish found in eastern Asia from Siberia to China, Korea, Vietnam, and Laos, where it can be found in lakes and river channels. It can reach a maximum length of 34.5 cm, weighing 3 kg, though it is much more commonly found to a length of 8 cm. It is a minor component of commercial fisheries.[1]
Parasites
A total of 11 species of helminthes, including six species of digeneans, three species of nematodes, a species of cestode, and an acanthocephalan have been found in the stomach and intestines of T. fulvidraco:.[2]
- Genarchopsis goppo
 - Orientocreadium siluri
 - Coitocoecum plagiorchis
 - Echinoparyphium lingulatum
 - Dollfustrema vaneyi
 - Opisthorchis parasiluri
 - Procamallanus fulvidraconis
 - Spinitectus gigi
 - Camallanus cotti
 - Gangesia pseudobagri
 - Hebsoma violentum
 
References
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Tachysurus fulvidraco" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
 - ↑ Li W. X., Nie P., Wang G. T. & Yao W. J. (2009). "Communities of gastrointestinal helminths of fish in historically connected habitats: habitat fragmentation effect in a carnivorous catfish Pelteobagrus fulvidraco from seven lakes in flood plain of the Yangtze River, China". Parasites & Vectors 2009, 2: 22. doi:10.1186/1756-3305-2-22.
 
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