Coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre)

Scientific name: Bagre bagre Linnaeus, 1766

Coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre)

The Coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre) is a brackish-water fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: South America, Colombia to the mouth of the Amazon River.

Biology

Two pairs of barbels on rostral region, one pair on lower jaw, one pair on posterior end of maxilla; end of maxilla barbel beyond anal fin origin; pectoral spine filament long, reaching anal fin origin; dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fin membranes black; anal fin membrane black distally (some individuals white), white proximally; body silver gray or blue gray dorsally, silver white ventrally.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Bagre bagre
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
55.0
Common length
40.0
Depth range
50 m (164 ft)
Environment
Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
South America: Colombia to the mouth of the Amazon River.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Not Evaluated
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)

Sources

Taxonomy, distribution and biology data: FishBase (Froese, R. and D. Pauly, eds.), licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

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