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Bagre pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1877)

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The red sea catfish, also called the long-barbeled sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Franz Steindachner in 1876, originally under the genus Aelurichthys. Description: 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. Habitat: Common in coastal seas and estuaries. Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal. Tropical; 32°N - 3°S, 114°W - 77°W. Colouration: Steel blue to nearly black on back, silvery white with a pink cast on sides and white on belly; fins generally pale. Etymology: The specific name pinnimaculatus: pinnis, fin; maculatus, spotted, referring to oval blackish spot on anal, ventral and caudal fins.

Common Name:

Red sea catfish, Long-barbeled sea catfish

Synonyms:

Aelurichthys pinnimaculatus, Felichthys pinnimaculatus

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

North, Central and South America: Gulf of California to northern Peru. Type locality: Panama, Altata, Westküste von CostaRica.

Size:

70.0cm.TL (28ins)

Temp:

p.H.

Reference:

D R Robertson and Gerald R Allen. 2015. Shorefishes of the Tropical Eastern Pacific: online information system. Version 2.0 Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Balboa, Panamá.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Fishes of the East Pacific.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Kailola, P.J. and W.A. Bussing, 1995. Ariidae. Bagres marinos. p. 860-886. In W. Fischer, F. Krupp, W. Schneider, C. Sommer, K.E. Carpenter and V. Niem (eds.) Guia FAO para Identification de Especies para lo Fines de la Pesca. Pacifico Centro-Oriental. 3 Vols. FAO, Rome.

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Bagre pinnimaculatus

Bagre pinnimaculatus
Dorsal head view

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