''Bagre'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of
sea catfish
The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
Taxono ...
es found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas from southern
North America
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to northern
South America
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. Currently, four species are described:
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Bagre bagre
The coco sea catfish (''Bagre bagre'') is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1776, originally under the genus ''Silurus''. It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters ranging between Colombia ...
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(Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the ...
, 1766) (coco sea catfish)
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Bagre marinus
The gafftopsail catfish (''Bagre marinus'') is found in the waters of the western central Atlantic Ocean, as well as the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. It has long, venomous spines which can cause painful wounds. It feeds on crustaceans an ...
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( Mitchill, 1815) (gafftopsail catfish)
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Bagre panamensis
Chilhuil sea catfish (''Bagre panamensis''), also called the Chihuil, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Theodore Gill in 1863, originally under the genus '' Aelurichthys''.Gill, T. N., 1863 (before 27 Oct.) ef ...
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( T. N. Gill, 1863) (Chilhuil sea catfish)
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Bagre pinnimaculatus
The red sea catfish (''Bagre pinnimaculatus''), also called the long-barbeled sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally under the genus '' Aelurichthys''. It inhabit ...
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(Steindachner
Franz Steindachner (11 November 1834 in Vienna – 10 December 1919 in Vienna) was an Austrian zoologist, ichthyologist, and herpetologist. He published over 200 papers on fishes and over 50 papers on reptiles and amphibians. Steindachner describ ...
, 1877) (red sea catfish)
References
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Ariidae
Catfish genera
Taxa named by Hippolyte Cloquet
Marine fish genera
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