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Liobagrus kingi

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Amblycipitidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

Genus
  
Liobagrus

Similar
  
Liobagrus, Amblycipitidae, Amblyceps, Liobagrus andersoni, Liobagrus reinii

Liobagrus kingi, the King's bullhead, is a species of catfish in the Amblycipitidae family (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.

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Liobagrus kingi Wikipedia