Bagre filamentosus
| Bagre filamentosus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Bagre |
| Species: | B. filamentosus |
| Binomial name | |
| Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Bagre filamentosus, the filament sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[1] It was described by William Swainson in 1839, originally under the genus Felichthys.[1] It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters ranging between the Caribbean and Brazil, in South America. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 57 centimetres (22 in).[2]
This species is often synonymised with Bagre bagre or Bagre marinus.[3][1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Bagre filamentosus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
- ↑ D. Ross Robertson; James Van Tassell, eds. (2023). "Species: Bagre filamentosus, Filament Sea Catfish". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. 3.0. Balboa, Panamá: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
- ↑ Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839) Synonym for Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)