| Genus | Bagre |
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| Species | filamentosus |
| Authority | (Swainson, 1839) |
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Bagre filamentosus, the filament sea catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[1] It was described by William Swainson in 1839, originally under the genus Felichthys.[1] It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters ranging between the Caribbean and Brazil, in South America. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 57 centimetres (22 in).[2]
This species is often synonymised with Bagre bagre or Bagre marinus.[3][1]
References
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- ^ D. Ross Robertson & James Van Tassell (eds.) (2023). "Species: Bagre filamentosus, Filament Sea Catfish". Shorefishes of the Greater Caribbean online information system. 3.0. Balboa, Panamá: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
- ^ Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839) Synonym for Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)