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Bagridae


These catfish are found throughout Asia and usually sport 4 pairs of barbels. The African bagrids can now be found in their own family; Claroteidae. The vast majority of this family are predators so they should not be kept with small fishes. Their bodies are naked and most posess large adipose fins and a small anal fin.

The Bagridae family have four pairs of well-developed barbels covered by a layer of taste bud-enriched epithelium.

 

SCIENTIFIC NAMES
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B
Bagrichthys hypselopterus
Bagrichthys macracanthus
Bagrichthys majusculus
Bagrichthys obscurus
Bagroides melapterus
Bagrus bajad
Bagrus docmak
Bagrus meridionalis 
Batasio affinis
Batasio batasio
Batasio dayi
Batasio fasciolatus
Batasio flavus
Batasio fluviatilis
Batasio merianiensis
Batasio tengana
Batasio tigrinus
Batasio travancoria
 
C
Coreobagrus ichikawai
 
H
Hemibagrus filamentus
Hemibagrus guttatus  
Hemibagrus macropterus
Hemibagrus maydelli
Hemibagrus menoda
Hemibagrus microphthalmus
Hemibagrus nemurus
Hemibagrus olyroides
Hemibagrus pluriradiatus
Hemibagrus punctatus
Hemibagrus spilopterus
Hemibagrus variegatus
Hemibagrus wyckii  
Hemibagrus wyckioides
Hyalobagrus flavus 
 
L
Leiocassis hosii (synonym of L. micropogon)
Leiocassis micropogon 
Leiocassis poeciloptera
 
M
Mystus albolineatus
Mystus atrifasciatus
Mystus bimaculatus
Mystus bleekeri
Mystus bocourti
Mystus canarensis
Mystus carcio  
Mystus castaneus
Mystus catapogon
Mystus cavasius
Mystus celator
Mystus dibrugarensis
Mystus falcarius
Mystus cf. gulio 
Mystus gulio
Mystus heoki
Mystus indicus
Mystus keralai
Mystus leucophasis
Mystus malabaricus 
Mystus menoni
Mystus montanus
Mystus multiradiatus
Mystus mysticetus
Mystus nigriceps
Mystus pulcher
Mystus rhegma
Mystus rufescens
Mystus singaringan
Mystus tengara
Mystus velifer
Mystus vittatus
Mystus wolffii
 
N
Nanobagrus immaculatus
Nanobagrus stellatus
 
O
Olyra kempi (now a synomyn of O. longicaudata)
Olyra longicaudata
Olyra praestigiosa
Olyra saginata
 
P
Pseudomystus funebris
Pseudomystus heokhuii
Pseudomystus siamensis
Pseudomystus stenogrammus
Pseudomystus stenomus
 
R
Rama chandramara
 
S
Sperata acicularis
Sperata aor
Sperata lamarrii
Sperata seenghala
 
T
Tachysurus adiposalis
Tachysurus albomarginatus
Tachysurus analis
Tachysurus argentivittatus
Tachysurus aurantiacus
Tachysurus brachyrhabdion
Tachysurus brevicaudatus
Tachysurus crassilabris
Tachysurus dumerili
Tachysurus eupogon
Tachysurus flumendraco
Tachysurus fulvidraco
Tachysurus gracilis
Tachysurus intermedius
Tachysurus nitidus
Tachysurus nudiceps
Tachysurus pratti
Tachysurus tenuis
Tachysurus tokiensis
Tachysurus trilineatus
Tachysurus truncatus
Tachysurus ussuriensis
Tachysurus vachellii
Tachysurus virgatus
Tachysurus wuyueensis
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