Liobagrus aequilabris

Liobagrus aequilabris is a species of catfish in the family Amblycipitidae (the torrent catfishes). This species is endemic to China, where it is only known from the Xiang River, a tributary of the Yangtze River, in Guangxi province, but may also be present in the Li River, a tributary of the Pearl River, due to the presence of the Lingqu Canal connecting the Xiang and Li Rivers.[1]

Liobagrus aequilabris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Liobagrus
Species:
L. aequilabris
Binomial name
Liobagrus aequilabris
Wright & Ng, 2008

L. aequilabris reaches a length of 6.2 centimetres (2.4 in) SL.[2] It differs from other members of its genus in lacking large, retrorse serrations on the posterior edge of the pectoral-fin spine, having upper and lower jaws of equal length, relatively long dorsal (7.5-10.2 % of SL) and pectoral-fin (9.1-12.1 % of SL) spines, a relatively long caudal fin (20.1-26.9 % of SL), and relatively few post-Weberian vertebrae (35-37).[1]

References
  1. Wright, J. J. & Ng, H. H. (2008). "A new species of Liobagrus (Siluriformes: Amblycipitidae) from Southern China". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 157 (1): 37–43. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2008)157[37:ansols]2.0.co;2. JSTOR 27667782.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2014). "Liobagrus aequilabris" in FishBase. June 2014 version.


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