Bagridae

[′bag·rə‚dē]

(vertebrate zoology)

A family of semitropical catfishes in the suborder Siluroidei.

The following article is from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979). It might be outdated or ideologically biased.

Bagridae

a family of fish. The body is bare of scales. The dorsal and pectoral fins have a serrated spine. There is also an adipose fin. There are approximately 15 species.

The Bagridae are distributed in the fresh waters of Africa and South and East Asia. There are five species in the USSR in the Amur River basin: the yellow, or banded, catfish (Pseudobagrus fulvidraco) measuring up to 32 cm long, the Ussuri catfish (Liocassis ussuriensis) measuring up to 1 m long, Brazhnikov’s catfish (L. brashnikovi) measuring up to 20 cm long, Gertsenshtein’s catfish (L. herzensteini) measuring up to 18 cm long, and Mystus mica measuring up to 5 cm long. During the mating season the yellow catfish digs a burrow into which it deposits its few eggs; other species hide their eggs among the roots of plants. The male guards the eggs and the larvae. The Bagridae feed on the larvae of caddis flies and dance flies, on mollusks, and on fish fry. The slime covering the Bagtidae is poisonous, but the flesh is edible. The fish are sought commercially.

REFERENCE

Nikol’skii, G. V. Chastnaia ikhtiologiia, 3rd ed. Moscow, 1971.

G. V. NIKOL’SKII

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Dhonagoda River: Threats Investigation of River and Biodiversity for Policy Implementation

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Histomorphological Description of the Digestive System of Pebbly Fish, Alestes baremoze (Joannis, 1835)

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Population Aspects of Fishes in Geba and Sor Rivers, White Nile System in Ethiopia, East Africa

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Population Genetic Structure and Genetic Diversity in Twisted-Jaw Fish, Belodontichthys truncatus Kottelat & Ng, 1999 (Siluriformes: Siluridae), from Mekong Basin

Morphology of the pharyngeal cavity, especially the surface ultrastructure of gill arches and gill rakers in relation to the feeding ecology of the catfish Rita rita (Siluriformes, Bagridae).

Morphological Studies on the Gills of Puffer Fish (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Gmelin, 1789)/Estudios Morfologicos en Branquias del Pez Globo (Lagocephalus sceleratus, Gmelin, 1789)

A taxonomic revision of the family Bagridae (Pisces, Siluriformes) from Korea.

Effects of 17[alpha]-methyltestosterone and aromatase inhibitor letrozole on sex reversal, gonadal structure, and growth in yellow catfish pelteobagrus fulvidraco

[26.] Nwadiaro CS and PU Okotie Biometric characteristics: length weight relationships and condition factors in Chrychthysfilamentosus, Pisces, Bagridae from Oguta lake Nigeria.

The length-weight relationship, condition factor and reproductive biology of Pseudotolithus (P) senegalensis (Valenciennes, 1833) (croakers), in Tombo western rural district of Sierra Leone

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Gill rakers in six teleost species: influence of feeding habit and body size/Rastros branquiais em seis especies de teleosteos: influencia do habito alimentar e tamanho corporal

Statistical analysis of anionic detergent-induced changes in the goblet mucous cells of opercular epidermis and gill epithelium of Rita rita (Ham.) (Bagridae: Pisces).

Scale morphology of Prochilodus lineatus with emphasis on the scale epithelium/ Morfologia da escama de Prochilodus lineatus com enfase no epitelio da escama

Adriaens and Vandewalle (2003) reported that, in the families Clariidae and Bagridae, the finfold is modified into the caudal, dorsal, adipose and anal fins (the adipose fin is absent in C.

Early ontogeny of Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes, Clariidae) and aspects of its invasion potential in natural freshwater environments/Ontogenia inicial de Clarias gariepinus (Siluriformes, Clariidae) e aspectos de seu potencial de invasao em ambientes de agua doce natural

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Seasonal distribution and richness of fish species in the Badagry Lagoon, south-west Nigeria/Kalade sesoonne levik ja liigirikkus Badagry laguunis Nigeeria edelaosas

The fishes of the Endau Drainage, Peninsular Malaysia with description of two new species of catfishes (Teleostei: Akysidae, Bagridae).

Genetic variability and estimation of effective population sizes of the natural populations of green arowana, Scleropages formosus in Peninsular Malaysia