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Bagre marinus  (Mitchill, 1815)
 Image contributors to this species:
 Paul A.Scharf (1) Frants Lehmann (2 Stamps)
 ScotCat Sources:
  Etymology = Genus 
 Other Sources:
 Fishbase   Google   ACSI
 
 Common Name:  Gafftopsail sea catfish
 Synonyms:  Felichthys felis, Bagre felis, Bagre marina, Silurus marinus, Felichthys  marinus,  Galeichthys  blochii ,   Galeichthys parrae,  Galeichthys bahiensis,  Aelurichthys longispinis
 Family:  Ariidae mblycipitidae
 Distribution:  Western Atlantic: coast of Gulf of Mexico, Cuba, western margin of  the Caribbean,  and the  northern  margin of South  America.
 Size:  99cm. (3ft. 3inch)
 Temp:  12-26°c (61 -79°f )
 p.H.  7.0 -8.5.


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Family: Ariidae

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Click for full imageBagre marinus Caught in Fort Morgan, Gulf of Mexico,
Baldwin County Alabama,18 Oct 2000

Bagre marinus
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