Pseudobagrus brevianalis taiwanensis Oshima, 1919:180

Ho, Hsuan-Ching & Shao, Kwang-Tsao, 2011, 2957, Zootaxa 2957, pp. 1-74 : 34

125. Pseudobagrus brevianalis taiwanensis Oshima, 1919:180 , pl.48, fig. 1

Holotype: FMNH 59078 (formly CM 8215 ) (152 TL), Tozen River near Taichu, Dec. 1916, coll. T. Akoi.

Paratype: SU 23128 (2), Shinchiku ; SU 23124 (3), Taito River ; probably coll. by T. Aoki and sent by M. Oshima .

Remark. The original description was based on a 152-mm TL specimen which was designated as a lectotype by Eschmeyer (1998). Data from three additional specimens were also provided in Oshima (1919). One jar, SU 23124, contains three specimens collected from Daito [Da-do] River and were mislabeled as P. adiposalis . Based on Oshime (1919), only specimens of P. taiwanensis were collected from Daito River. These three specimens were recently reidentified as P. adiposalis by K. Watanabe (Ho, 2008, pers. obser.). There is an additional jar of P. brevianalis ( SU 23102) collected from Dainansho that is likely mislabeled as P. taiwanensis . Based on Oshima (1919), only one specimen of P. brevianalis was collected from Dainansho among his specimens of Pseudobagrus spp. The collecting data and determination were changed accordingly. This species was considered as a valid subspecies of P. brevianalis (sense Chen and Fang, 1999). Althought Ferraris (2007) considered this species to be valid at the species level, Watanabe et al. (2007) argued that there was no evidence for the validity of the present species.

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