Chilhuil sea catfish

Chilhuil sea catfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Bagre
Species:	B. panamensis
Binomial name
	Bagre panamensis; (Gill, 1863)
Synonyms
	Aelurichthys panamensis Gill, 1863; Ailurichthys panamensis (Gill, 1863); Anemanotus panamensis (Gill, 1863); Felichthys panamensis (Gill, 1863); Aelurichthys nuchalis Günther, 1864; Aelurichthys scutatus Regan, 1907; Aelurichthys isthmensis Regan, 1907;

Chilhuil sea catfish (Bagre panamensis), also called the Chihuil,

total length of 51 cm (20 in).^[3]

The Chilhuil sea catfish is of important commercial value to

IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Least Concern. It notes that the species' range partially includes areas under marine protection.^[5]

References

^ Synonyms of Bagre panamensis at fishbase.org.
^ Common names of Bagre panamensis at fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b ^c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Bagre panamensis" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
^ Gill, T. N., 1863 (before 27 Oct.) [ref. 1681] Descriptive enumeration of a collection of fishes from the western coast of Central America, presented to the Smithsonian Institution by Captain John M. Dow. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia v. 15: 162-174.
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IUCN redlist
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