Horabagrus brachysoma

For other uses of "yellow catfish", see yellow catfish.

Yellow catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Bagridae
Genus: Horabagrus
Species:
H. brachysoma
Binomial name
Horabagrus brachysoma
(Günther, 1864)
Synonyms
List
  • Horabagrus melanosoma Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013
  • Macrones chryseus Day, 1865
  • Mystus chryseus Day, 1865
  • Pseudobagrus brachysoma Günther, 1864
  • Pseudobagrus chryseus Day, 1865

Horabagrus brachysoma or the sun catfish is a species of catfish endemic to rivers in the Western Ghats of India. It is known as Günther's catfish or yellow catfish.[2] It is also known as Manjakoori in its native range.[3] It is also known by a host of other names, such as bullseye catfish, golden red tail catfish and solar catfish.[4]

  1. ^ Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. (2011): Horabagrus brachysoma. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org Archived 2014-06-27 at the Wayback Machine>.
  2. ^ Ali, P.H.A.; Raghavan, R.; Prasad, G. (2007). "Threatened fishes of the world: Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther, 1864) (Horabagridae)". Environmental Biology of Fishes. 78 (3): 221. doi:10.1007/s10641-006-0022-4. S2CID 19334068.
  3. ^ Sreeraj, N.; Raghavan, R.; Prasad, G. (2006). "The diet of Horabagrus brachysoma (Gunther), an endangered bagrid catfish from Lake Vembanad (South India)". Journal of Fish Biology. 69 (2): 637–642. doi:10.1111/j.1095-8649.2006.01134.x.
  4. ^ "PlanetCatfish::Cat-eLog::Horabagrus brachysoma". 2006. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 10 January 2012.