''Sperata'' is a

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bagrid catfish The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa ('' Bagrus'') and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo. It includes about 245 species. These fish are commonly known as naked catfishes or bagrid catfishes. Many large bagrid ...

es.

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''

Sperata acicularis ''Sperata acicularis'' is a species of bagrid catfish endemic to Myanmar where it is found in the Irrawaddy, Bago, and Great Tenasserim River systems of Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referr ...

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, 1999 * ''

Sperata aor ''Sperata aor'', the long-whiskered catfish ( ''aṛ'', ''ãri''), is a species of catfish of the family Bagridae found in southern Asia in the nations of India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It grows to a length of and is commerci ...

'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) - Long-whiskered catfish * ''

Sperata aorella ''Sperata aorella'' is a species of bagrid catfish that occurs in the Ganges River in India and Bangladesh Bangladesh, officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies ...

'' ( Blyth, 1858) *''

Sperata aorides ''Sperata'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * ''Sperata acicularis'' Carl J. Ferraris Jr., Ferraris & Kathryn E. Runge, Runge, 1999 * ''Sperata aor'' (Francis Buchanan-Hamilton ...

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Sperata lamarrii ''Sperata'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. Species There are currently six recognized species in this genus: * '' Sperata acicularis'' Ferraris & Runge, 1999 * '' Sperata aor'' ( F. Hamilton, 1822) - Long-whiskered catfish * '' Sperata aore ...

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Sperata seenghala ''Sperata seenghala'', the Giant river-catfish, is a species of bagrid catfish. It is known locally as Guizza, Guizza ayer, Auri, Ari, Pogal, Singhara and Seenghala, among other names. It is found in southern Asia in the countries of Afghanistan ...

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, 1839) - Giant river-catfish

Distribution

Species of ''Sperata'' are found in southern

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from

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where they are found in a wide variety of water bodies.

Relationship to humans

At least two of the ''Sperata'' species (''S. aor'' & ''S. seenghala'') are

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as well as being important

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References

Bagridae Fish of Asia Catfish genera Freshwater fish genera {{bagridae-stub