Bagrus
| Bagrus | |
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| Bagrus bajad | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Bagrus L. A. G. Bosc, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus bajad Forsskål, 1775
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| Species | |
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11, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
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Porcus Saint-Hilaire, 1809 (see text) | |
Bagrus is a
Taxonomy
The present
junior synonym could continue to be used.[4]
Species
Eleven living species are placed here:[1]
- Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775) (Bayad)
- Bagrus caeruleus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906
- Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) (Semutundu)
- Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
- Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924
- Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894 (Kampango, Kampoyo)
- Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902
- Bagrus tucumanus Burmeister, 1861
- Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902
- Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 (Somalia Catfish)
A possible
Abu Dhabi), has been described:[4]
- Bagrus shuwaiensis Forey & Young, 1999
However, it is not quite clear whether it belongs in Bagrus or some other Bagridae genus, or even in the Claroteidae.[4]
References
- Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. PDF fulltext
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2017). Species of Bagrus in FishBase. April 2017 version.
- ^ Koerber, S.; and T. Litz (2008). On some overlooked taxa of freshwater fishes described from Argentina by Hermann Burmeister in 1861. Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 7: 1-15.
- ^ Mirande, J. M.; and S. Koerber (2015). Checklist of the freshwater fishes of Argentina (CLOFFAR). Ichthyological Contributions of PecesCriollos 36: 1-68.
- ^ a b c Ferraris (2007)
- ^ "Bahnunah" is a variant transliteration or lapsus
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