Overview
Family : Sea catfishes; Chiefly marine , common around river mouths and also entering river estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates , such as crustaceans. Marketed fresh.
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in Carib:
Sali-Sali
Common Names in Creole, French:
Koko Bl, Koko blé, Koko jandanm
Common Names in Creole, Portuguese:
Bagre-bandiera
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, French:
Koko blé, Koko jandanm
Common Names in Creoles and Pidgins, Portuguese:
Bagre-bandiera
Common Names in Djuka:
Gata fisi
Common Names in Dutch:
Koperzuiger
Common Names in English:
Catfish, Coco sea catfish, Gafftopsail, Sea catfish
Common Names in Finnish:
Viirimerimonni
Common Names in French:
Mâchoiron coco
Common Names in Galibi:
Sali-Sali
Common Names in Japanese:
Itohiki-hamagigi
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
巴格海鱨, 巴格海鲿, 波鰭副秘鯰, 波鳍副秘鲶, 長絲海鱨, 长丝海鲿
Common Names in Palicur:
Saxisi
Common Names in Portuguese:
Aria, Ariaçu, Ariassu, bagre, Bagre cinzento, Bagre-bandeira, Bagre-bandeirado, Bagre-de-penacho, Bagre-fidalgo, Bagre-fita, Bagre-mandim, Bagre-Sar, Bagre-sarí, Bandeira, Bandeirado, Bandim, Peixe fita, Pir, Pirá-bandeira, Sar, Saras-sari, Sarasar, Sarasará, Sarassar, Sarassará, Sargento, Sarí, Sarí-açú, Sarí-assu, Sarí-sarí
Common Names in S. American Indian:
Bagger, Katoesch
Common Names in Spanish:
bagre, Bagre doncella, Bardugo de bandera, Barge cuinche, Chivito, Chivo blanco, Dato
Common Names in Sranan:
Bagger, Barbanan, Katoesch
Description
Physical Description
Species Bagre bagre
Males are commonly 40 cm (Total Length) in length when caught/marketed, but may be as large as 55 cm (Total Length).
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 92 meters (0 to 302 feet).[1]
Biome: Marine .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Class:
Osteichthyes
()
- Huxley, 1880
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
()
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
()
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
()
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Cohort:
Clupeocephala
(
- Infraclass:
Actinopteri
(
- Subclass:
Actinopterygii
(
- Class:
Osteichthyes
(
- Superclass:
Osteichthyes
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Synonyms
Bagre bagre • Bagre filamentosus (Swainson • Bagrus macronemus Ranzani • Felichthys bagre (Linnaeus • Felichthys filamentosus Swainson • Galeichthys gronovii Valenciennes • Mystus carolinensis Gronow • Paradiplomystes coruscans (Lichtenstein • Pimelodus coruscans Lichtenstein • Silurus bagre • Silurus bagre Linnaeus • Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 12-Sep-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Bagre
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 5 species and subspecies in this genus:
B. bagre (Coco Sea Catfish) · B. marina (Gafftopsail Sea Catfish) · B. marinus (Gafftopsail Sea Catfish) · B. panamensis (Chilhuil Sea Catfish) · B. pinnimaculatus (Long- Barbeled Sea Catfish)
More Info
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Further Reading
- Journal of ethnobiology. 20 2000 Flagstaff, Ariz.: Center for Western Studies, 1981- url p. 107, p. 97, p. 98.
- Official lists and indexes of names and works in zoology. London, U.K.: International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature, c/o Natural History Museum, 2001. url p. 126.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 15, p. 167.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Froese, R., and D. Pauly. FishBase 2004. International Center for Living Aquatic Resources Management.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 4 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- FishBase: FishBase DiGIR Provider - Philippine Server
- Los Angeles County Museum of Natural History: Vertebrate specimens
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University: MCZ Fish Collection
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 121218
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-23036
- Fishbase Species ID: 958
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 164160
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 103740
Footnotes
- Mean = -77.290 meters (-253.576 feet), Standard Deviation = 435.120 based on 93 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
