Biology:Bagre (fish)

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Bagre
Bagre marinus (line art).jpg
Bagre marinus
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Bagreinae
Genus: Bagre
Cloquet, 1816
Type species
Silurus bagre
Linnaeus, 1766

Bagre is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas from southern North America to northern South America. Currently, four species are described:

  • Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (coco sea catfish)
  • Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815) (gafftopsail catfish)
  • Bagre panamensis (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Chilhuil sea catfish)
  • Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1877) (red sea catfish)

References

Wikidata ☰ Q4842109 entry