Bagre

Classification

Genus: Bagre
Family: Ariidae - Sea catfishes
Order: Siluriformes - Catfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

Description

Bagre is a genus of sea catfishes found along the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Americas from southern North America to northern South America. Currently, four species are described:

Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) (coco sea catfish)
Bagre marinus (Mitchill, 1815) (gafftopsail catfish)
Bagre panamensis (T. N. Gill, 1863) (Chilhuil sea catfish)
Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1877) (red sea catfish)

Species

Gafftopsail catfish
(Bagre marinus)

Coco sea catfish
(Bagre bagre)

Red sea catfish
(Bagre pinnimaculatus)

Chilhuil sea catfish
(Bagre panamensis)

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