Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 48(2): 205-207, doi: 10.3750/AIEP/02394
First record of exotic Amur catfish, Silurus asotus (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Siluridae), in the Tibet stretch of the Lancang River, China
B. Zhu T., J. Huang, G. Wang X., G. Yang D.Corresponding author: B. Zhu T. © B. Zhu T., J. Huang, G. Wang X., G. Yang D.. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Zhu T. B, Huang J, Wang X. G, Yang D. G (2018) First record of exotic Amur catfish, Silurus asotus (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes: Siluridae), in the Tibet stretch of the Lancang River, China. Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria 48(2): 205-207. https://doi.org/10.3750/AIEP/02394 |  |
Abstract
A single specimen of exotic Amur catfish, Silurus asotus Linnaeus, 1758, was captured by gillnet in the Tibet stretch of the Lancang River for the first time. (The Lancang River is an international river and in its lower course is also known as the Mekong River.) It is the first record of this fish species in eastern Tibet. The most possible pathway of the Amur catfish introduction into the Tibet stretch of the Lancang River was a human-mediated release known as life liberation activities or life release ceremony.
Keywords
Silurus asotus, exotic fish, the Lancang River, Mekong River, Tibet, life release ceremony