Red sea catfish
Red sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Bagre |
Species: | B. pinnimaculatus
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Binomial name | |
Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1876)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus), also called the long-barbeled sea catfish,total length of 95 cm (37 in), but more commonly reaches 30 cm (12 in).[3]
The diet of the red sea catfish at a
pre-Columbian era.[5] It is sold fresh, dried, smoked, and salted,[3] but is often labelled as other species including those in the family Sciaenidae, due to the higher market price.[5]
Due to its wide distribution and abundancy in many areas in the eastern Pacific, as well as its lack of known threats or observed population decline, the
IUCN Redlist currently rates the red sea catfish as least concern. It notes that the species' range includes a number of areas under marine protection.[5]
References
- ^ Synonyms of Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.
- ^ a b c Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2016). "Bagre pinnimaculatus" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
- ^ Steindachner, F. , 1876 [ref. 18772] Ichthyologische Beiträge (IV) [With subtitles i-iv.]. Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.): 551-616, Pl. 1-13.
- ^ IUCN redlist.
- ^ Food items reported for Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.