Perccottus glenii Dybowski, 1877

1. General information

      Synonyms:

      Perccottus Glenii Dybowski, 1877: 28 (Ussuri R., Amur R. system; Russia). Syntypes: unknown.
      Eleotris Pleskei Warpachowski, in Warpachowski & Herzenstein, 1887: 19, Pl. (fig. 2) (Ilistaya [Lefu] R., Khanka Lake basin).
      Eleotris Dybowskii Herzenstein & Warpachowski, in Warpachowski & Herzenstein, 1887: 21 (Chingan [Khingan] mts., Heilong [Amur] R. basin; China).

      Misspelled as glehni (Берг, 1913: 21; Линдберг, Таранец, 1929: 259; Розов, 1934: 84; Berg 1949:1056; Никольский, 1956: 433; Vidthayanon 1995:241; Diripasko, 1997; and many others) or glenhi (Zhu 1995:175) in literature.

      Common names: Amur sleeper, rotan (English); Amurgrunde (German); rotan - golovjeshka, rotan (Russian).

      There are rather detailed morphological descriptions from the native range (Kirpichnikov, 1945; Glukhovtsev & Dukravets, 1986) and from the non-native one (Kudersky, 1980, 1982; Vasilieva & Makeeva, 1988).

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