Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
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. 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.
Wikipedia contributors, Liobagrus kingi; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T23:03:38.568649+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Liobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935
- Name authority
- Tchang, 1935
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Amblycipitidae
- Genus
- Liobagrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyAmblycipitidae Day, 1873
- genusLiobagrus Hilgendorf, 1878
- speciesLiobagrus kingi Tchang, 1935
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Liobagrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Liobagrus aequilabris Wright & Ng, 2008 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus anguillicauda Nichols, 1926 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus formosanus Regan, 1908 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus marginatus (Günther, 1892) | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus mediadiposalis Mori, 1936 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus obesus Son, Kim & Choo, 1987 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus reinii Hilgendorf, 1878 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus chenghaiensis Sun, Ren & Zhang, 2013 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus marginatoides (Wu, 1930) | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus nigricauda Regan, 1904 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus somjinensis Park & Kim, 2011 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Liobagrus styani Regan, 1908 | AmblycipitidaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Tchang, T.-L. (1935). A new catfish from Yunnan. Bulletin of the Fan Memorial Institute of Biology, Peiping (Zoology Series), v. 6 (no. 3): 95–97. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3V57F. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.