Infraclass Teleostei Phylum Chordata Rank Genus Subclass Neopterygii | Superclass Osteichthyes Superorder Ostariophysi Scientific name Bagrus Order Catfish | |
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Lower classifications Bayad, Kampango, Bagrus orientalis, Somalia catfish Similar Bayad, Clarias, Haplochromis | ||
Kampango bagrus meridionalis at kawanga
Bagrus is a genus of bagrid catfishes. Its present scientific name was first proposed by Louis Augustin Guillaume Bosc in 1816 for the Bayad and its closest relatives. Although in 1809, Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire had already separated this fish in his new genus Porcus. But this was overruled by the ICZN, so that the junior synonym could continue to be used.
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Species
Eleven living species are placed here:
A possible fossil Bagrus from about 7 million years ago, found in Late Miocene Baynunah Formation rocks near Ruwais (Abu Dhabi), has been described:
However, it is not quite clear whether it belongs in Bagrus or some other Bagridae genus, or even in the Claroteidae.
References
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