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Liobagrus kingi

Liobagrus kingi, the King's bullhead, is a species of catfish in the family Amblycipitidae endemic to China, where it is known to occur in the lake Dianchi basin, in its tributaries and effluent river, the Zhangjiu, and two tributaries of the Jinshajiang river in Sichuan and Yunnan. It has not been recorded in the lake since the 1960s. This species grows to a length of 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.

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Liobagrus kingi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Amblycipitidae
Genus: Liobagrus
Species:
L. kingi
Binomial name
Liobagrus kingi
T. L. Tchang, 1935

Liobagrus kingi, the King's bullhead, is a species of catfish in the family Amblycipitidae (the torrent catfishes) endemic to China, where it is known to occur in the lake Dianchi basin, in its tributaries and effluent river, the Zhangjiu, and two tributaries of the Jinshajiang (upper Yangtze) river in Sichuan and Yunnan.12 It has not been recorded in the lake since the 1960s.3 This species grows to a length of 9.5 centimetres (3.7 in) SL.2

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  1. Chen, X.-Y.; Yang, B. (2018) [errata version of 2008 assessment]. "Liobagrus kingi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008 e.T135151A135874681. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2008.RLTS.T135151A4067905.en. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Liobagrus kingi". FishBase. June 2014 version.
  3. Sihai Wang; Juan Wang; Maobiao Li; Fan Du; Yuming Yang; James P. Lassoie; Mohd Z. Hassan (2013). "Six decades of changes in vascular hydrophyte and fish species in three plateau lakes in Yunnan, China". Biodivers Conserv. 22 (13–14): 3197–3221. doi:10.1007/s10531-013-0579-0.
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