Bagre (fish)
| Bagre | |
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| Bagre marinus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Bagreinae |
| Genus: | Bagre Cloquet, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766
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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[]
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Bagre in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Categories:
- Bagre (fish)
- Ariidae
- Catfish genera
- Taxa named by Hippolyte Cloquet
- Marine fish genera
- Ariidae stubs