Pelteobagrus is a doubtful genus of bagrid catfishes found in eastern Asia. The taxonomy of this genus is unclear and many authorities treat it as a junior synonym of Tachysurus and the type species of the genus, is Silurus calvarius which is a synonym of Tachysurus sinensis.
Species
The following species have been in Pelteobagrus at some point:
- Pelteobagrus argentivittatus <small>(Regan, 1905)</small>; valid as Tachysurus argentivittatus
- Pelteobagrus brashnikowi <small>(Berg, 1907)</small>; valid as Tachysurus brashnikowi
- Pelteobagrus crassilabris <small>(Günther, 1864)</small>; valid as Tachysurus crassilabris
- Pelteobagrus crassirostris <small>(Regan, 1913)</small>; valid as Tachysurus crassirosris
- Pelteobagrus eupogon <small>(Boulenger, 1892)</small>; valid as Tachysurus eupogon
- Pelteobagrus fui <small>(Miao, 1934)</small>; valid as Tachysurus fui
- Pelteobagrus fulvidraco <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small>; valid as Tachysurus sinensis <small>Lacepède, 1803</small>
- Pelteobagrus intermedius <small>(Nichols & Pope, 1927)</small>; valid as Tachysurus intermedius
- Pelteobagrus kyphus <small>(Mai, 1978)</small>; valid as Tachysurus kyphus
- Pelteobagrus mica <small>(Gromov, 1970)</small>; valid as Tachysurus mica
- Pelteobagrus microps <small>(Rendahl, 1933)</small>; valid as Tachysurus microps
- Pelteobagrus nitidus <small>(Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)</small>; valid as Tachysurus nitidus
- Pelteobagrus nudiceps <small>(Sauvage, 1883)</small>; valid as Tachysurus nudiceps
- Pelteobagrus ornatus <small>(Duncker, 1904)</small>; valid as Hyalobagrus ornatus
- Pelteobagrus ransonnettii <small>(Steindachner, 1887)</small>; valid as Tachysurus aurantiacus <small>(Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)</small>
- Pelteobagrus tenuifurcatus <small>(Nichols, 1931)</small>; valid as Tachysurus tenuifurcatus
- Pelteobagrus tonkinensis <small>Nguyen, 2006</small>; valid as Tachysurus tonkinensis
- Pelteobagrus ussuriensis <small>(Dybowski, 1872)</small>; valid as Tachysurus ussuriensis
- Pelteobagrus vachellii <small>(Richardson, 1846)</small>; valid as Tachysurus vachellii
- Pelteobagrus virgatus <small>(Oshima, 1926)</small>; valid as Tachysurus virgatus
- Pelteobagrus wangi <small>(Miao, 1934)</small>; species inquirenda in Tachysurus
- Pelteobagrus wittenburgii <small>(Popta, 1911)</small>; valid as Tachysurus sinensis <small>Lacepède, 1803</small>
FishBase currently shows two valid species in this genus, P. eupogon and P. tonkinensis.
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