Bagre filamentosus

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Bagre filamentosus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Bagre
Species:
B. filamentosus
Binomial name
Bagre filamentosus
(Swainson, 1839)
Synonyms [1]

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. 1 2 3 4 Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Bagre filamentosus". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  2. 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.
  3. Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839) Synonym for Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)