All Fishes BAGRIDAE ⇒ The genus Bagrichthys

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SpeciesThere are 7 "species" in our database. Bagrichthys macracanthus has the most images (i: 21).
Pronunciationbag RICK thiss
EtymologyBagrichthys: From bagrus, the name of a catfish genus frequently used to form generic names, and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish.
IdentificationMembers of the highly specialized and unusually-shaped bagrid catfish genus Bagrichthys Bleeker, 1858, live in large muddy rivers throughout Southeast Asia and are characterised by their elongate and laterally compressed caudal peduncle, the dorsally-directed serrations on the posterior edge of the dorsal-fin spine, gill membranes united but free from the isthmus, and a long adipose fin without a free posterior margin (Roberts, 1989).
SizeSmallest 71 mm, largest 400 mm, average 230mm, most commonly 300mm. All SL.
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