 Summary of bagrichthys |
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| Pronounced | bag RICK thiss |
| Etymology | Bagrichthys: From bagrus, the name of a catfish genus frequently used to form generic names, and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish. |
| Identification | Members 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). |
| Size | Smallest 71mm, largest 400mm, average 230mm, most commonly 300mm. All SL. |
| Species | There are 7 "species" in the database |
| New spp. / time |  | | | | |  | | | | | | | | | | 1750 | 1770 | 1790 | 1810 | 1830 | 1850 | 1870 | 1890 | 1910 | 1930 | 1950 | 1970 | 1990 | 2010 |
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/siluriformes/bagridae/bagrichthys/hypselopterus/1.jpg "Bagrichthys hypselopterus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/bagridae/bagrichthys/macracanthus/1.jpg "Bagrichthys macracanthus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/bagridae/bagrichthys/macropterus/1.jpg "Bagrichthys macropterus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/bagridae/bagrichthys/majusculus/1.jpg "Bagrichthys majusculus - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/bagridae/bagrichthys/obscurus/1.jpg "Bagrichthys obscurus - Click for species page")