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Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)

Coco sea catfish
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Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Bagreinae
Etymology: Bagre: Mozarabic, bagre, taken from Greek, pagros = a fish (Dentex sp.) (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Issue
Junior synonym Felichthys filamentosu is a valid species according to Marceniuk et al., 2023 (Ref. 130933:433).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; brackish; demersal; depth range ? - 50 m (Ref. 5217). Tropical; 12°N - 21°S, 77°W - 34°W

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South America: Colombia to the mouth of the Amazon River.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 55.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 5217); common length : 40.0 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3265); max. published weight: 975.00 g (Ref. 125970)

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Two pairs of barbels on rostral region, one pair on lower jaw, one pair on posterior end of maxilla; end of maxilla barbel beyond anal fin origin; pectoral spine filament long, reaching anal fin origin; dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fin membranes black; anal fin membrane black distally (some individuals white), white proximally; body silver gray or blue gray dorsally, silver white ventrally (Ref. 13608).

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Chiefly marine, common around river mouths and also entering river estuaries. Feeds on small fishes and invertebrates, such as crustaceans. Marketed fresh.

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Taylor, W.R. and N.A. Menezes, 1978. Ariidae. In W. Fischer (ed.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. West Atlantic (Fishing Area 31). volume 1. [pag. var.]. FAO, Rome. (Ref. 3265)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 17 August 2011

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Traumatogenic (Ref. 36613)





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Fisheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 123201): 26.9 - 28.2, mean 27.5 °C (based on 116 cells).
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5625   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00501 (0.00394 - 0.00637), b=3.06 (2.99 - 3.13), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  4.0   ±0.66 se; based on food items.
Generation time: 6.9 ( na - na) years. Estimated as median ln(3)/K based on 1 growth studies.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Low, minimum population doubling time 4.5 - 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Prior r = 0.57, 95% CL = 0.37 - 0.85, Based on 4 data-limited stock assessments.
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Moderate vulnerability (42 of 100).
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Medium.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 106 [57, 219] mg/100g; Iron = 0.914 [0.586, 1.493] mg/100g; Protein = 17 [15, 19] %; Omega3 = 0.175 [0.100, 0.301] g/100g; Selenium = 57.3 [30.7, 116.6] μg/100g; VitaminA = 21.3 [9.5, 48.1] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.21 [0.83, 1.82] mg/100g (wet weight);