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Korean stumpy bullhead
Tachysurus brevicorpus (Korean stumpy bullhead · Korean stumpy bullhead)
Not Evaluated (NE) on the IUCN Red List yet.
🇰🇷 Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Korean stumpy bullhead»
💡 Everyday Comparisons for Size, Mass & Speed
- 💡 A body length of about 9 cm is slightly longer than the long side of a credit card (about 8.56 cm) (Comparison).
- 💡 Because it has also been confirmed in the Geumhogang passing through Daegu, streams near cities also serve as homes for protected species.
Reference standards: coach bus ~12 m, mid-size car ~4.9 m, compact car ~1 t, basketball hoop 3.05 m, credit card 8.56 cm.
📖 1. Overview
The Korean stumpy bullhead is a small freshwater catfish living only in the Nakdong River system and is active at night.
🦴 2. Anatomy & Morphology
Its body is short and slender, its head is flattened from top to bottom, and it has no scales. It has 4 pairs of barbels around the mouth, and its skin is covered with small granules.
🔍 3. Ecology & Behavior
Being nocturnal, it feeds at night on aquatic insects, crustaceans, and fish eggs, and spawns in May and June.
🇰🇷 4. Connection to Korea
It is a Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) species, was designated as a Natural Monument (Korea) on March 17, 2005, and is a Korean endemic living only in tributaries of the Nakdong River such as the Namgang, Hoecheon, Geumhogang, and Gamcheon.
📚 Sources & References
- • 멸종위기 야생생물 Ⅰ급 · 천연기념물 «꼬치동자개» — 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057701 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057701
- • IUCN Red List: not evaluated (NE) — cross-checked with the Wikidata conservation-status entry
- • Korean protection status: Class I endangered wildlife (Korea) · Natural Monument (Korea) «Korean stumpy bullhead»
- • catalogueoflife.org — YDJS
- • 국가생물종목록(국립생물자원관) ktsn 120000057701 — https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&ktsn=120000057701
- • heritage.go.kr — culSelectDetail.do
- • wikidata.org — Q10689619
- • commons.wikimedia.org — File:Рыба КОСАТКА поймана в Амуре ф4.JPG
- • fishbase.se — Coreobagrus-brevicorpus.html
- • species.nibr.go.kr — list
- • Silhouette: PhyloPic — Cee Nell · CC0 1.0 (Related taxon silhouette — Bagridae)
Recorded dimensions are widely cited representative estimates from public literature and may vary by study or specimen.