Pelteobagrus fulvidraco, common name yellowhead catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Bagridae

Bagridae

Bagridae are a family of catfish that originate from Africa and Asia from Japan to Borneo. These fish are commonly known as naked catfishes or bagrid catfishes.Large Bagrids are important as food fish. Some species are kept as aquarium fishes....

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It is a common fish species found in the Yangtze River

Yangtze River

The Yangtze, Yangzi or Cháng Jiāng is the longest river in Asia, and the third-longest in the world. It flows for from the glaciers on the Tibetan Plateau in Qinghai eastward across southwest, central and eastern China before emptying into the East China Sea at Shanghai. It is also one of the...

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Parasites

A total of 11 species of helminths including 6 species of digeneans, 3 species of nematodes, 1 species of cestode, and 1 acanthocephalan were found in the stomach and intestine of Pelteobagrus fulvidraco:

• Genarchopsis goppo
• Orientocreadium siluri
• Coitocoecum plagiorchis
• Echinoparyphium lingulatum
• Dollfustrema vaneyi
• Opisthorchis parasiluri
• Procamallanus fulvidraconis
• Spinitectus gigi
• Camallanus cotti
• Gangesia pseudobagri
• Hebsoma violentum