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

Opsariichthys sp. (Günther)

( Fig. 14 , [LU])

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.

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