Coreobagrus brevicorpus

{{Short description|Species of fish}}

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| image = Pseudobagrus brevicorpus, Danyang.jpg

| status = VU

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| taxon = Coreobagrus brevicorpus

| authority = Mori, 1936

| synonyms = Pseudobagrus brevicorpus (Mori, 1936)

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Coreobagrus brevicorpus (common name - Korean stumpy bullhead) is a species of bagrid catfish{{cite web|url=https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id160253/|

title=Korean Stumpy Bullhead: Coreobagrus brevicorpus Mori, 1936

|website=biolib.cz|access-date=2024-12-23}} endemic to Korea,{{Cite web |script-title=ko:국립생물자원관 한반도의 생물다양성 (NIBR: Detail - Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) |url=https://species.nibr.go.kr/home/mainHome.do?cont_link=009&subMenu=009002&contCd=009002&pageMode=view&ktsn=120000057701 |access-date=2025-04-25 |website=species.nibr.go.kr}}{{Citation |last=김 |first=익수 |script-title=ko:꼬치동자개 (Skewered dogfish)|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia of Korean Culture |url=https://encykorea.aks.ac.kr/Article/E0011249 |access-date=2024-12-22 |publisher=Academy of Korean Studies |language=ko}} where it is found in the Nakdong River catchment. It occurs in freshwater and can grow to a length of 9.2  cm.{{Cite web |title=Coreobagrus brevicorpus Mori, 1936 |url=https://www.fishbase.ca/summary/Coreobagrus-brevicorpus.html |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=fishbase.ca}}

The species was first described in 1936 by Tamezo Mori,Mori, T. (1936). Descriptions of one new genus and three new species of Siluroidea from Chosen. Dobutsugaku Zasshi = Zoological Magazine Tokyo. 48 (8-10): 671-675, Pl. 24 and has a single dorsal spine, six dorsal soft rays, one anal spine, and 12-14 anal soft rays, no scales on its body and relatively large eyes.{{Cite web |script-title=ko:꼬치동자개 |trans-title=Korean Stumpy Bullhead (Pseudobagrus brevicorpus) |url=https://www.heritage.go.kr/heri/cul/culSelectDetail.do;jsessionid=PyeaL2zakj1mwFF9iOZAhMkGAd0UQCaPlqAdDPwFIDlaLPq5vhRID28w3Q8aWPQE.cpawas_servlet_engine1?pageNo=1_1_2_0&VdkVgwKey=16,04550000,ZZ |access-date=2024-12-23 |website=Korea Heritage SErvice}} It is found in clear waters areas with large stones and pebbles on the bottom, where it mainly feeds on the larvae of aquatic insects. It is nocturnal and its spawning season is believed to be from June to July.

It is listed as "vulnerable" on the IUCN threatened species list.{{cite web|author=Won, S.-Y., Lee, S.-H. & Ko, M.-H.|date= 2023| title=Coreobagrus brevicorpus. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2023: e.T148448368A148448380| url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/148448368/148448380|access-date=22 December 2024|website=iucnredlist.org

}} and as a natural monument of South Korea (designated March 17, 2005)