Opsariichthys sp. (Günther)

Chan, Jeffery C. F., Tsang, Alphonse H. F., Yau, Sze-man, Hui, Tommy C. H., Lau, Anthony, Tan, Heok Hui, Low, Bi Wei, Dudgeon, David & Liew, Jia Huan, 2023, The non-native freshwater fishes of Hong Kong: diversity, distributions, and origins, Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 71, pp. 128-168 : 138

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https://doi.org/10.26107/RBZ-2023-0012

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scientific name

Opsariichthys sp. (Günther)
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Opsariichthys sp. (Günther)

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Distribution. Tai Lam Chung Reservoir ( Wilson et al., 1997 as Opsariichthys bidens ; Lai, 2011 as Opsariichthys bidens ; AFCD, 2021c as Opsariichthys bidens ; current survey).

Native range. East Asia.

Remarks. Restricted to a single reservoir that receives water from mainland China. DNA barcoding has indicated this species is not Opsariichthys bidens , but instead groups with an unnamed Opsariichthys sp. deposited on GenBank (accession number: KJ913670). It is not known where the specimen on GenBank originated from. Further taxonomic work is required to identify this species.

Lai SYH (2011) Reservoir fishes of Hong Kong with remarks on conservation options. Memoirs of the Hong Kong Natural History Society, (27): 63 - 82.

Wilson KDP, Lai SYH & Dahmer TD (1997) Fish introductions to Hong Kong: two recent case studies. Porcupine, 16: 9 - 11.

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Fig. 14. Opsariichthys sp., 93.5 mm SL, Tai Lam Chung Reservoir.