Somalia catfish

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Somalia catfish
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Siluriformes Family: Bagridae Genus: Bagrus Species: B. urostigma
Binomial name
Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895

The Somalia catfish, Bagrus urostigma, is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the family Bagridae.^[2] The Somalia catfish is native to the Giuba River in Somalia.^[2]

This species has four pairs of barbels. The maxillary barbels reach to the middle of the adipose fin in juveniles and to the middle of the dorsal fin in the adult.^[3] The caudal fin is forked, with the upper lobe longer than the lower. The pectoral fin spine is very strong, prominent, and strongly serrated on the inner side.^[3] The fish is reddish brown above, yellowish white beneath, and the caudal fin dotted with black.^[3] This species grows to 72.0 centimetres TL.^[3]

[edit] References

1. ^ Hanssens, M. (2005). Bagrus urostigma. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 04 August 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. 
3. ^ ^{a b c d} "Bagrus urostigma". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Aug 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.