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(Redirected from Bagre pinnimaculatus) Species of fish

Red sea catfish
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Bagre
Species: B. pinnimaculatus
Binomial name
Bagre pinnimaculatus
(Steindachner, 1876)
Synonyms
  • Aelurichthys pinnimaculatus Steindachner, 1876
  • Felichthys pinnimaculatus (Steindachner, 1876)
  • Galeichthys eydouxii Valenciennes, 1840
  • Ailurichthys eydouxii (Valenciennes, 1840)

The red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus), 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. It inhabits tropical marine, brackish and freshwater in the eastern-central and southeastern Pacific regions, including Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Panama, Nicaragua, and Peru. It dwells at a maximum depth of 20 m (66 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 95 cm (37 in), but more commonly reaches 30 cm (12 in).

The diet of the red sea catfish at a recruitment age consists of the scales of bony fish. It is of important commercial value to fisheries, and has been consumed since the pre-Columbian era. It is sold fresh, dried, smoked, and salted, but is often labelled as other species including those in the family Sciaenidae, due to the higher market price.

Due to its wide distribution and abundancy in many areas in the eastern Pacific, as well as its lack of known threats or observed population decline, the IUCN Redlist currently rates the red sea catfish as least concern. It notes that the species' range includes a number of areas under marine protection.

References

  1. Cooke, R.; Acero, A.; Betancur, R.; Rojas, P.; Cotto, A.; Daniels, A. (2019). "Bagre pinnimaculatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T183986A1744285. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-2.RLTS.T183986A1744285.en. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  2. Synonyms of Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.
  3. Common names of Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.
  4. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bagre pinnimaculatus". FishBase. April 2016 version.
  5. Steindachner, F., 1876 Ichthyologische Beiträge (IV) . Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe v. 72 (1. Abth.): 551-616, Pl. 1-13.
  6. ^ Bagre pinnimaculatus at the IUCN redlist.
  7. Food items reported for Bagre pinnimaculatus at fishbase.org.
Taxon identifiers
Bagre pinnimaculatus


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