 "Pseudobagrus" species are small- to mid-sized bagrid catfishes.These fish all have an inferior mouth; narial openings widely separated; four pairs of barbels; top of head covered by skin in most species; two dorsal fin spines; pelvic fin small; and caudal fin emarginate, truncate or round.One fossil species, "P. ikiensis" Watanabe & Uyeno, is known from the Middle Miocene of Japan.