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Bagropsis reinhardti Lütken, 1874

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Rocha, Marcelo et al. 2025 (2)

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Description: Bagropsis reinhardti can be distinguished from B. paranaensis by the presence of teeth in the metapterygoid (vs. absent) and from B. atrobrunneus by showing small dark spots, more concentrated in the anterodorsal portion of the body (vs. brown colour, without spots or stripes on the body). Aquarium Care: Very much a catfish for the larger aquarium to be kept by the more serious catfish keeper. As with most species in this genera it will be predatory so would need to be kept with fish that are not too small although this species would be better to be kept on its own as other fish will be seen as prey. A large tank would be needed no smaller than 2 metres (6ft) long and a depth of 70cm (28ins) with powerful filtration, to give it plenty of swimming space. Diet: Earthworms, fish fillets, frozen foods such as whole and unbroken smelts, shrimp or mussel meat. Tablet and pellet foods will also be taken. Etymology: The genus name Bagropsis: Etymology not explained, probably ópsis, appearance, referring to similarity to other Bagrus (Bagridae) catfishes (then a catch-all genus that included several South American species). The specific name reinhardti: In honour of Danish zoologist Johannes Theodor Reinhardt (1816–1882), with whom Lütken collaborated on many studies and who apparently collected holotype.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

None

Family:

Pimelodidae

Distribution:

South America: Das Velhas River basin, São Francisco River drainage, Brazil. Type locality: In flumine Rio das Velhas.

Size:

34.5cm. (11¾ins)

Temp:

22-27°C (71-81°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.2.

IUCN Red List

Bagropsis reinhardti is distributed in the tributaries of the lower Velhas River, the Preto River (a tributary of the Paracatu River), the upper Paraopeba River, and the Carinhanha River in the state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, being widely distributed, although rarely found. The species is subject to diffuse threats related to pollution, mining, and dams that fragment its habitat, but these do not indicate a risk of extinction in the short term. Thus, Bagropsis reinhardti has been categorised as Least Concern (IUCN 2022).

Reference:

Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio). 2022. Bagropsis reinhardti. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2022.
Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version.
Lundberg, J.G. and M.W. Littmann, 2003. Pimelodidae (Long-whiskered catfishes). p. 432-446. In R.E. Reis, S.O. Kullander and C.J. Ferraris, Jr. (eds.) Checklist of the Freshwater Fishes of South and Central America. Porto Alegre: EDIPUCRS, Brasil.
Rocha, Marcelo & Lundberg, John & Pompeu, Paulo & Alves, Carlos Bernardo. (2025). Redescriptions of two little-known pimelodid catfishes from the São Francisco River basin, Brazil: Duopalatinus emarginatus and Bagropsis reinhardti (Teleostei: Siluriformes). Neotropical Ichthyology. 23. 10.1590/1982-0224-2025-0063.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Bagropsis reinhardti

Bagropsis reinhardti
Immediately after collection, not preserved

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