Coco sea catfish

Coco sea catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Bagre
Species: B. bagre
Binomial name
Bagre bagre
Synonyms[1]
  • Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766
  • Felichthys bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)
  • Pimelodus coruscans Lichtenstein, 1819
  • Paradiplomystes coruscans (Lichtenstein, 1819)
  • Felichthys filamentosus Swainson, 1839
  • Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839)
  • Galeichthys gronovii Valenciennes, 1840
  • Bagrus macronemus Ranzani, 1841
  • Mystus carolinensis Gronow, 1854

The coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre), also called the Gafftopsail,[2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1776, originally under the genus Silurus.[4] It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters ranging between Colombia and the Amazon River, in South America. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 55 cm (22 in), more commonly reaching a TL of 40 cm (16 in).[3]

The diet of the coco sea catfish includes bony fish and benthic crustaceans.[5] It is preyed on by the smalltail shark.[6] It is of commercial interest to fisheries, and is marketed fresh.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Bagre bagre" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Linnaeus, C., 1766 [ref. 2786] Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532.
  5. ↑ Food items reported for Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
  6. ↑ Organisms preying on Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
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