''Bagrus'' is a
genus
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of
bagrid catfish
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es. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa,
except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a
synonym
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of ''
Luciopimelodus pati
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''.
Taxonomy
The present
scientific name ''Bagrus'' was first proposed by
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc
Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc (or Louis-Augustin Bosc d'Antic) (29 January 1759 – 10 July 1828) was a French botanist, invertebrate zoologist, and entomologist.
Biography
Bosc was born in Paris, the son of Paul Bosc d’Antic, a medical docto ...
in 1816 for the
bayad
The bayad (''Bagrus bajad''), is a species of bagrid catfish from Africa.
Distribution
The natural habitat of the bayad are lakes and rivers in Africa. These include lakes such as Lake Chad, Lake Albert (Africa), Lake Albert, and Lake Turkana, as ...
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
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, so that the
junior synonym could continue to be used.
[Ferraris (2007)]
Species
Eleven living
species
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are placed here:
[
* '' Bagrus bajad'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Bayad)
* '' Bagrus caeruleus'' T. R. Roberts & ]D. J. Stewart
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, 1976
* ''Bagrus degeni
''Bagrus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa, except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a synonym of ''Luciopimelodus pati''.
...
'' Boulenger, 1906
* '' Bagrus docmak'' ( Forsskål, 1775) (Semutundu)
* ''Bagrus filamentosus
''Bagrus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa, except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a synonym of ''Luciopimelodus pati''.
...
'' Pellegrin, 1924
* ''Bagrus lubosicus
''Bagrus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa, except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a synonym of ''Luciopimelodus pati''.
...
'' Lönnberg, 1924
* ''Bagrus meridionalis
The kampango or kampoyo (''Bagrus meridionalis'') is a critically endangered species of large and predatory bagrid catfish that is Endemism, endemic to Lake Malawi, Lake Malombe and the upper Shire River in Africa. It prefers areas near rocks in ...
'' Günther, 1894 (Kampango, Kampoyo)
* '' Bagrus orientalis'' Boulenger, 1902
* ''Bagrus tucumanus
''Bagrus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa, except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a synonym of ''Luciopimelodus pati''.
...
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* Ernst-Gerhard Burmeister, German entomologist
* Hermann Burmeister (1807–1892), German zoologist also in botany "Burmeist."
Other people named Burmeister include:
* ...
, 1861
* ''Bagrus ubangensis
''Bagrus'' is a genus of bagrid catfishes. These are relatively large catfish found in freshwater habitats in Africa, except for the virtually unknown ''B. tucumanus'' from South America, which likely is a synonym of ''Luciopimelodus pati''.
...
'' Boulenger, 1902
* ''Bagrus urostigma
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'' Vinciguerra, 1895 (Somalia Catfish)
A possible fossil
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''Bagrus'' from about 7 million years ago, found in Late Miocene
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The ...
Baynunah Formation
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or ''lapsus
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Investigations
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'' rocks near Ruwais
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( Abu Dhabi), has been described:Bagridae
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 bagrids ...
genus, or even in the Claroteidae
The Claroteidae are a family of catfish (order Siluriformes) found in Africa. This family was separated from Bagridae. However, the monophyly of the family is sometimes contested.
The 12 genera contain 86 known species of claroteids in two subf ...
.
References
* (2007): Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. ''Zootaxa
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''Magnolia'' is a large genus of about 210 to 340The number of species in the genus ''Magnolia'' depends on the taxonomic view ...
'' 1418: 1–628
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Catfish genera
Catfish of Africa
Freshwater fish genera
Bagridae
Taxa named by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc