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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.

 

SYNONYMS
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A
Aoria bleekeri
Aoria corsula
Aoria virgatus
Aorichthys aor
Arius hastatus
Arius pavimentatus
Arius ritoides
Aspidobagrus gulio
 
B
Bagroides macracanthus  
Bagroides melanopterus
Bagroides vaillanti
Bagrus albilabrus
Bagrus aorinus
Bagrus aurantiacus
Bagrus bayad
Bagrus bayad bayad
Bagrus bayad macropterus
Bagrus bayed macropterus
Bagrus calvarius
Bagrus corsula
Bagrus docmac
Bagrus docmac docmac
Bagrus docmac niger
Bagrus domac
Bagrus gulio
Bagrus hoevenii
Bagrus hypselopterus
Bagrus koenigi
Bagrus lamarrii
Bagrus lamarrii
Bagrus leucophasis
Bagrus macronema
Bagrus malabaricus
Bagrus micracanthus
Bagrus micropogon
Bagrus montanus
Bagrus nemurus
Bagrus nigriceps
Bagrus poecilopterus
Bagrus punctatus
Bagrus singaringan
Bagrus stenomus
Bagrus tengana
Bagrus trachacanthus
Bagrus ussuriensis
Bagrus vachellii
Bagrus wolffii
Bagrus wyckii
Batasio havmolleri
Batasio niger
Batasio tengana
 
G
Gagata batasio
Gagata tengana
Chandramara chandramara
Gogrius sykesii
 
H
Hara malabarica
Hemibagrus hoevenii
Heterobagrus bocourti
Hypselobagrus macronema
Hypselobagrus wolffii
 
L
Leiocassis albicolaris
Leiocassis albicollis
Leiocassis albomarginatus
Leiocassis argentivittatus
Leiocassis bicolor
Leiocassis brevicaudatus
Leiocassis crassilabris
Leiocassis crassilabris crassilabris
Leiocassis crassilabris macrops
Leiocassis  crassirostris
Leiocassis (Dermocassis) analis
Liocassis emarginatus
Leiocassis hosii
Leiocassis longirostris
Leiocassis lui
Leiocassis macropterus
Leiocassis medianalis
Leiocassis nitidus
Leiocassis rama
Leiocassis siamensis
Leiocassis stenomus
Leiocassis trilineatus
Leiocassis truncatus  
Leiocassis ussuriensis
Leiocassis virgatus
Liocassis crassilabris
Liocassis hosii
Liocassis longirostris
Liocassis truncatus
 
M
Macrones affinis
Macrones aor
Macrones argentivittatus 
Macrones batasio
Macrones bimaculatus
Macrones bleekeri
Macrones blythii
Macrones corsula
Macrones dayi
Macrones (Hemibagrus) filamentus
Macrones fulvidraco
Macrones gulio
Macrones leucophasis
Macrones malabaricus
Macrones medianalis
Macrones merianiensis
Macrones microphthalmus
Macrones montanus dibrugarensis
Macrones montanus dibrugarensis
Macrones nemurus
Macrones pluriradiatus
Macrones pratti
Macrones pulcher
Macrones punctatus
Macrones rufescens
Macrones tengana
Macrones tengara
Macrones tenuis
Macrones ussuriensis
Macrones vittatus 
Macrones wickioides
Macrones wolffii
Macrones wyckii
Macrones wyckioides
Mystus aor
Mystus argentivittatus
Mystus (Aorichthys) leucophasis
Mystus guttatus
Mystus havmolleri
Mystus macropterus
Mystus maydelli 
Mystus menoda
Mystus menoda trachacanthus
Mystus menoda microphthalmus
Mystus microphthalmus
Mystus montanus dibrugarensis
Mystus mukherjii
Mystus nemurus
Mystus nudiceps
Mystus olyroides
Mystus punctatus
Mystus stigmaturus
Mystus tengra
Mystus trachacanthus
Mystus vittatus
Mystus vittatus dibrugarensis
Mystus vittatus vittatus
Mystus wyckii
Mystus wyckioides
Mystus wyckoides
 
O
Olyra kempi
Olyra longicaudatus
Orichthys aor
 
P
Pelteobagrus adiposalis
Pelteobagrus argentivittatus
Pelteobagrus crassilabris
Pelteobagrus eupogon
Pelteobagrus fulvidraco
Pelteobagrus intermedius
Pelteobagrus nitidus
Pelteobagrus nudiceps
Pelteobagrus ussuriensis
Pelteobagrus vachelli
Pelteobagrus virgatus
Phractocephalus gogra
Phractocephalus kuturnee
Pimelodus aor
Pimelodus batasio
Pimelodus batasio
Pimelodus carcio
Pimelodus cavasius
Pimelodus chandramara
Pimelodus fulvidraco
Pimelodus gulio
Pimelodus guttatus 
Pimelodus menoda
Pimelodus rama
Pimelodus rita
Pimelodus tengana
Pimelodus tengara
Platystoma seenghala
Porcus bajad
Porcus bayad
Porcus docmac
Porcus docmac bayad
Porcus docmac docmac
Porcus docmac niger
Porcus meridionalis
Prajadhipokia rex
Pseudobagrichthys macracanthus
Pseudobagrus adiposalis
Pseudobagrus albomarginatus
Pseudobagrus analis
Pseudobagrus aurantiacus
Pseudobagrus brevicaudatus
Pseudobagrus crassilabris
Pseudobagrus eupogon
Pseudobagrus fangi
Pseudobagrus fulvidraco
Pseudobagrus gracilis
Pseudobagrus gulio
Pseudobagrus ichikawai
Pseudobagrus intermedius
Pseudobagrus longirostris
Pseudobagrus nitidus
Pseudobagrus nudiceps
Pseudobagrus pratti
Pseudobagrus ransonnettii
Pseudobagrus tenuis
Pseudobagrus tokiensis
Pseudobagrus trilineatus
Pseudobagrus truncatus
Pseudobagrus ussuriensis
Pseudobagrus vachellii
Pseudobagrus virgatus
 
R
Rama rama
Rhinobagrus dumerili
Rita buchanani
Rita pavimentata
Rita pavimentatus
 
S
Silurus bajad
Silurus docmac
Silurus docmak
Silurus calvarius
Silurus vittatus
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