Bagrus
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| Bagrus Fossil range: Late Miocene? - Recent 7.0–0 Ma |
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| Silurus bajad Forsskål, 1775 |
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Porcus Saint-Hilaire, 1809 (see text) |
Bagrus is a genus of naked catfishes. Its present scientific name was first proposed by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1816 for the Bayad and its closest relatives. In 1809 however, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire had already separated this fish in his new genus Porcus. But this was overruled by the ICZN, so that the junior synonym could continue to be used.[1]
10 living species are placed here:[2]
- Bagrus bajad – Bayad
- Bagrus caeruleus Roberts and Stewart, 1976
- Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906
- Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775)
- Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
- Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924
- Bagrus meridionalis – Kampango, Kampoyo
- Bagrus orientalis
- Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902
- Bagrus urostigma – Somalia Catfish
A possible fossil Bagrus from about 7 million years ago, found in Late Miocene Baynunah Formation[3] rocks near Ruwais (Abu Dhabi), has been described:[1]
- Bagrus shuwaiensis Forey & Young, 1999
However, it is not quite clear whether it belongs in Bagrus or some other Bagridae genus, or even in the Claroteidae.[1]
[edit] Footnotes
[edit] References
- Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1-628. PDF fulltext
- FishBase (2006): Bagrus species. Version of 2006-MAR-14. Retrieved 2008-NOV-21.
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