Bagridae

Bagridae
Temporal range: 56–0 Ma Eocene to Recent[1]
Hemibagrus planiceps
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Superfamily: Bagroidea
Family: Bagridae
Bleeker, 1858
Genera
  • Extant genera

Bagrichthys
Bagroides
Bagrus
Batasio
Chandramara
Coreobagrus
Hemibagrus
Hemileiocassis
Horabagrus
Hyalobagrus
Leiocassis
Mystus
Nanobagrus
Olyra
Pelteobagrus
Pseudobagrus
Pseudomystus
Rama
Rita
Sperata
Sundolyra [2]
Tachysurus

  • Extinct genera

Eomacrones †
Gobibagrus †
Nigerium †
Nkondobagrus †

The Bagridae are a family of catfish that are native to Africa (Bagrus) and Asia (all other genera) from Japan to Borneo.[3] It includes about 245 species. These fish are commonly known as naked catfishes or bagrid catfishes.

Many large bagrids are important as a source of food. Some species are also kept as aquarium fishes.[3]

  1. ^ Ferraris, C.J.Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  2. ^ Ng H.H.; Hadiaty R.K.; Lundberg J.G.; Luckenbill K.R. (2015). "A new genus and species of bagrid catfish from northern Sumatra (Siluriformes: Bagridae)". Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 164 (1): 149–157. doi:10.1635/053.164.0112. S2CID 83515164.
  3. ^ a b Nelson, J.S. (2006). Fishes of the World. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN 0-471-25031-7.