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Family: Bagridae Bagrid catfishes



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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Bagrichthys hypselopterus Blacklancer catfish Asia 40 TL 1852
Bagrichthys macracanthus Black lancer catfish Asia 25 SL 1854
Bagrichthys macropterus False black lancer Asia 30 TL 1854
Bagrichthys majusculus Asia 2002
Bagrichthys micranodus Asia 18.5 SL 1989
Bagrichthys obscurus Asia 24.9 SL 1999
Bagrichthys vaillantii Asia 1906
Bagroides hirsutus Asia 1934
Bagroides melapterus Asia 34 TL 1851
Bagrus bajad Bayad Africa 112 FL 1775
Bagrus caeruleus Africa 21 SL 1976
Bagrus degeni Africa 55 TL 1906
Bagrus docmak Semutundu Africa 127 TL 1775
Bagrus filamentosus Africa 69 TL 1924
Bagrus lubosicus Africa 24.3 SL 1924
Bagrus meridionalis Kampoyo Africa 150 SL 1894
Bagrus orientalis Africa 44.7 TL 1902
Bagrus tucumanus South America 1861
Bagrus ubangensis Africa 31.5 TL 1902
Bagrus urostigma Somalia catfish Africa 72 TL 1895
Batasio affinis Asia 7.4 SL 1860
Batasio batasio Asia 10 TL 1822
Batasio convexirostrum Asia 2011
Batasio dayi Asia 8.7 SL 1890
Batasio elongatus Asia 7.6 SL 2004
Batasio fasciolatus Asia 7.1 SL 2006
Batasio feruminatus Asia 6.0 SL 2008
Batasio flavus Yellow Batasio Asia 10.6 TL 2015
Batasio fluviatilis Asia 12.8 TL 1888
Batasio macronotus Asia 8.9 SL 2004
Batasio merianiensis Asia 6.6 SL 1913
Batasio pakistanicus Asia 1989
Batasio procerus Asia 11.4 SL 2008
Batasio sharavatiensis Asia 10.7 SL 2004
Batasio spilurus Asia 4.2 SL 2006
Batasio tengana Asia 9 TL 1822
Batasio tigrinus Asia 6.2 SL 2001
Batasio travancoria Asia 10 TL 1941
Chandramara chandramara Asia 5 SL 1822
Coreobagrus brevicorpus Korean stumpy bullhead Asia 9.2 TL 1936
Coreobagrus ichikawai Neko-gigi Asia 10.8 SL 1957
Hemibagrus amemiyai Asia 1934
Hemibagrus baramensis Asia 24 SL 1906
Hemibagrus bongan Asia. 1904
Hemibagrus camthuyensis Asia 2005
Hemibagrus caveatus Asia 2001
Hemibagrus centralus Asia 1978
Hemibagrus chiemhoaensis Asia 2005
Hemibagrus chrysops Asia 1999
Hemibagrus divaricatus Asia 30.8 SL 2013
Hemibagrus dongbacensis Asia 2005
Hemibagrus filamentus Asia 50 TL 1949
Hemibagrus fortis Asia 1904
Hemibagrus furcatus Asia 15 SL 2000
Hemibagrus gracilis Asia 40.5 SL 1995
Hemibagrus guttatus Asia 73.1 SL 1803
Hemibagrus hainanensis Asia 1935
Hemibagrus hoevenii Asia 35 SL 1846
Hemibagrus hongus Asia 1978
Hemibagrus imbrifer Asia 18.7 SL 2000
Hemibagrus johorensis Asia 1940
Hemibagrus lacustrinus Asia 22.3 SL 2013
Hemibagrus macropterus Asia 54.2 TL 1870
Hemibagrus maydelli Asia 165 TL 1964
Hemibagrus menoda Menoda catfish Asia 45 TL 1822
Hemibagrus microphthalmus Asia 150 NG 1877
Hemibagrus nemurus Asian redtail catfish Asia 65 SL 1840
Hemibagrus olyroides Asia 20.2 SL 1989
Hemibagrus peguensis Asia 29.1 SL 1894
Hemibagrus planiceps Asia 33.5 TL 1840
Hemibagrus pluriradiatus Asia 21.6 SL 1892
Hemibagrus punctatus Asia 45 TL 1849
Hemibagrus sabanus Asia 20 SL 1959
Hemibagrus semotus Asia 19.9 SL 2013
Hemibagrus songdaensis Asia 2005
Hemibagrus spilopterus Asia 30.9 SL 1999
Hemibagrus taybacensis Asia 2005
Hemibagrus variegatus Asia 80 NG 2000
Hemibagrus velox Asia 35.7 SL 2000
Hemibagrus vietnamicus Asia 1978
Hemibagrus wyckii Asia 90 TL 1858
Hemibagrus wyckioides Asia 130 TL 1949
Hemileiocassis panjang Asia 13.9 SL 2000
Hyalobagrus flavus Asia 4.4 SL 1998
Hyalobagrus leiacanthus Asia 3.7 SL 1998
Hyalobagrus ornatus Asia 3 SL 1904
Leiocassis aculeata Asia 12.2 SL 2005
Leiocassis bekantan Asia 2018
Leiocassis brevirostris Asia 2005
Leiocassis collina Asia 17.9 SL 2006
Leiocassis crassirostris Asia 1913
Leiocassis doriae Asia 1913
Leiocassis hosii Asia 15.8 SL 1906
Leiocassis longibarbus Asia 1990
Leiocassis micropogon Asia 18.3 SL 1852
Leiocassis poeciloptera Asia 17 SL 1840
Leiocassis rudicula Asia 11.8 SL 2019
Leiocassis saravacensis Asia 15 TL 1894
Leiocassis tenebrica Asia 9.0 SL 2006
Leiocassis yeni Asia 2005
Mystus abbreviatus Asia 1840
Mystus alasensis Asia 10.8 SL 2005
Mystus albolineatus Asia 35 SL 1994
Mystus ankutta Sri Lanka dwarf catfish Asia 7.9 SL 2008
Mystus armatus Kerala mystus Asia 14.5 SL 1865
Mystus armiger Asia 15.6 SL 2004
Mystus atrifasciatus Asia 15 SL 1937
Mystus bimaculatus Asia 6.7 SL 1904
Mystus bleekeri Day's mystus Asia 17.7 TL 1877
Mystus bocourti Asia 24 SL 1864
Mystus canarensis Asia 10.1 SL 1999
Mystus carcio Asia 5 SL 1822
Mystus castaneus Asia 14.4 SL 2002
Mystus catapogon Asia 7.3 SL 2016
Mystus cavasius Gangetic mystus Asia 40 SL 1822
Mystus chinensis Asia 1883
Mystus cineraceus Asia 2009
Mystus dibrugarensis Asia 1913
Mystus falcarius Asia 19.0 SL 2005
Mystus gulio Long whiskers catfish Asia 46 TL 1822
Mystus heoki Elongated Kerala Mystus Asia 13.7 SL 2013
Mystus horai Indus catfish Asia 16.5 SL 1954
Mystus impluviatus Asia 12.0 SL 2003
Mystus indicus Central Travancore catfish Asia 10.7 SL 2013
Mystus keletius Asia 18 TL 1840
Mystus keralai Long whiskered Kerala catfish Asia 5.9 SL 2014
Mystus leucophasis Asia 25 NG 1860
Mystus malabaricus Asia 15 TL 1849
Mystus menoni Idukki Mystus Asia 12.1 SL 2013
Mystus misrai Asia 13.8 SL 1986
Mystus montanus Asia 15 TL 1849
Mystus multiradiatus Asia 12.8 SL 1992
Mystus mysticetus Asia 13 SL 1992
Mystus nanus Asia 10.6 SL 2016
Mystus ngasep Asia 10.9 SL 2011
Mystus nigriceps Twospot catfish Asia 30 TL 1840
Mystus oculatus Asia 15 TL 1840
Mystus pelusius Tigris mystus Asia 17.8 SL 1794
Mystus pulcher Asia 8 NG 1911
Mystus punctifer Asia 2001
Mystus rhegma Asia 12 SL 1935
Mystus rufescens Asia 14.6 SL 1890
Mystus seengtee Asia 15.7 SL 1839
Mystus singaringan Asia 30 SL 1846
Mystus tengara Tengara catfish Asia 18 TL 1822
Mystus velifer Asia 14.5 SL 2012
Mystus vittatus Striped dwarf catfish Asia 21 SL 1794
Mystus wolffii Asia 20 TL 1851
Mystus zeylanicus Sri Lanka bagrid catfish Asia 10.7 SL 2013
Nanobagrus armatus Asia 3.2 SL 1902
Nanobagrus fuscus Asia 5.1 TL 1904
Nanobagrus immaculatus Asia 2.9 SL 2008
Nanobagrus lemniscatus Asia 2010
Nanobagrus nebulosus Asia 3.5 SL 1999
Nanobagrus stellatus Asia 3.4 SL 2000
Nanobagrus torquatus Asia 2008
Olyra astrifera Asia 3.3 SL 2013
Olyra burmanica Longtail catfish Asia 11 TL 1872
Olyra collettii Asia. 5.8 SL 1881
Olyra horae Asia 6.8 SL 1929
Olyra kempi Asia 14.5 TL 1912
Olyra longicaudata Asia 11 SL 1842
Olyra saginata Asia 8.6 SL 2014
Pelteobagrus eupogon Asia 25 TL 1892
Pelteobagrus intermedius Asia 17.3 SL 1927
Pelteobagrus tonkinensis Asia 2005
Pelteobagrus ussuriensis Ussuri catfish Asia 100 TL 1872
Pseudobagrus albomarginatus Asia 16.7 SL 1928
Pseudobagrus analis Asia 1930
Pseudobagrus aurantiacus Asia 16.5 SL 1846
Pseudobagrus brachyrhabdion Asia 20.7 SL 2008
Pseudobagrus brevianalis Asia 10 SL 1908
Pseudobagrus brevicaudatus Asia 1930
Pseudobagrus crassilabris Asia 32.5 SL 1864
Pseudobagrus eupogoides Asia 1930
Pseudobagrus fui Asia 13.4 SL 1934
Pseudobagrus gracilis Asia 17.3 SL 2005
Pseudobagrus hwanghoensis Asia 1933
Pseudobagrus kaifenensis Asia 1934
Pseudobagrus koreanus Asia 24.2 TL 1990
Pseudobagrus kyphus Asia 7.3 SL 1978
Pseudobagrus medianalis Asia 20 TL 1904
Pseudobagrus microps Asia 1933
Pseudobagrus nubilosus Asia 5.1 SL 2007
Pseudobagrus omeihensis Asia 1941
Pseudobagrus ondon Asia 1930
Pseudobagrus pratti Asia 32.8 SL 1892
Pseudobagrus rendahli Asia 1940
Pseudobagrus sinyanensis Asia 1935
Pseudobagrus taeniatus Asia 23.6 SL 1873
Pseudobagrus taiwanensis Asia 1919
Pseudobagrus tenuifurcatus Asia 35 TL 1931
Pseudobagrus tenuis Asia 22.7 SL 1873
Pseudobagrus tokiensis Asia 11.3 SL 1887
Pseudobagrus trilineatus Asia 7.6 SL 1979
Pseudobagrus truncatus Asia 26.8 SL 1913
Pseudobagrus vachellii Asia 42.3 TL 1846
Pseudobagrus wangi Asia 1934
Pseudomystus bomboides Asia 4.2 SL 2000
Pseudomystus breviceps Asia 9 TL 1913
Pseudomystus carnosus Asia 8.3 SL 2005
Pseudomystus flavipinnis Asia 1999
Pseudomystus fumosus Asia 7.4 SL 2005
Pseudomystus funebris Asia 5 SL 2010
Pseudomystus heokhuii Asia 6.4 SL 2008
Pseudomystus inornatus Asia 14.5 TL 1894
Pseudomystus leiacanthus Dwarf bumblebee catfish Asia 6.2 SL 1912
Pseudomystus mahakamensis Asia 10 SL 1902
Pseudomystus moeschii Asia 9 TL 1890
Pseudomystus myersi Asia 8.7 TL 1989
Pseudomystus robustus Asia 25 SL 1959
Pseudomystus rugosus Asia 12 TL 1913
Pseudomystus siamensis Asian bumblebee catfish Asia 18 TL 1913
Pseudomystus sobrinus Asia 6.2 SL 2005
Pseudomystus stenogrammus Asia 13.3 SL 2005
Pseudomystus stenomus Asia 12 TL 1840
Pseudomystus vaillanti Asia 10.7 SL 1913
Rama rama Asia 1822
Rita chrysea Asia 19.5 TL 1877
Rita gogra Asia 26 TL 1839
Rita kuturnee Asia 30 TL 1839
Rita macracanthus Asia 27.1 SL 2004
Rita rita Rita Asia 150 TL 1822
Rita sacerdotum Salween rita Asia 200 TL 1879
Sperata acicularis Asia 180 NG 1999
Sperata aor Long-whiskered catfish Asia 180 TL 1822
Sperata aorella Asia 1858
Sperata seenghala Giant river-catfish Asia 150 TL 1839
Sundolyra latebrosa Asia 4.8 SL 2015
Tachysurus adiposalis Asia 22.3 TL 1919
Tachysurus argentivittatus Asia 5 SL 1905
Tachysurus brashnikowi Brazhnikov's catfish Asia 22 TL 1907
Tachysurus dumerili Chinese longsnout catfish Asia 80.4 TL 1864
Tachysurus fulvidraco Yellow catfish Asia 34.5 TL 1846
Tachysurus herzensteini Herzenstein's catfish Asia 45 TL 1907
Tachysurus hoi Asia 1940
Tachysurus longispinalis Asia 2005
Tachysurus nitidus Asia 40.8 TL 1874
Tachysurus nudiceps Asia 15 TL 1883
Tachysurus sinensis Europe and Asia 36.1 SL 1803
Tachysurus spilotus Asia 6.9 SL 2009
Tachysurus virgatus Asia 13.3 SL 1926



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