Red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus)

Scientific name: Bagre pinnimaculatus Steindachner, 1877

Red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus)

The Red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus) is a freshwater fish of the family Ariidae. Native range: North, Central and South America, Pacific draining rivers from the Gulf of California to Ecuador.

Biology

Body robust, rounded anteriorly and compressed posteriorly; mouth sub-terminal and wide; teeth villiform, arranged in a narrow band followed by four narrow continuous bands across the palate; two pairs of barbels, the maxillary barbels long and ribbon-like; dorsal and pectoral fin spines long. Body brown; back metallic blue or bright violet; belly silvery gray; fins yellowish green; a black spot present anterior to the anal fin.

Source: FishBase, licensed CC BY-NC 4.0.

Species facts

Scientific name
Bagre pinnimaculatus
Family
Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order
Siluriformes (Catfish)
Class
Actinopterygii (Ray-finned fishes)
Maximum length
95.0
Common length
30.0
Environment
Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal
Climate
Tropical
Distribution
North, Central and South America: Pacific draining rivers from the Gulf of California to Ecuador.
Conservation status (IUCN)
Least Concern (LC)
Threat to humans
Traumatogenic
Uses
Fisheries: commercial
Resilience
Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 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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