Bagrus
| Bagrus Temporal range: Late Miocene? - Recent 7.0–0Ma | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Superclass: | Osteichthyes |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Subclass: | Neopterygii |
| Infraclass: | Teleostei |
| Superorder: | Ostariophysi |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Bagridae |
| Genus: | Bagrus L. A. G. Bosc, 1816 |
| Type species | |
| Silurus bajad Forsskål, 1775 | |
| Species | |
|
10, see text | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Porcus Saint-Hilaire, 1809 (see text) | |
Bagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes. Its present scientific name was first proposed by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1816 for the Bayad and its closest relatives. Although in 1809, 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]
Species
Eleven living species are placed here:[2]
- Bagrus bajad (Forsskål, 1775) (Bayad)
- Bagrus caeruleus T. R. Roberts & D. J. Stewart, 1976
- Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906
- Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) (Semutundu)
- Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
- Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924
- Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894 (Kampango, Kampoyo)
- Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902
- Bagrus tucumanus Burmeister, 1861
- Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902
- Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 (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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Ferraris (2007)
- ↑ Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2011). Species of Bagrus in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- ↑ "Bahnunah" is a variant transliteration or lapsus