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Coco sea catfish
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Bagre
Species:	B. bagre
Binomial name
Bagre bagre Linnaeus, 1766
Synonyms
Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766 Felichthys bagre (Linnaeus, 1766) Pimelodus coruscans Lichtenstein, 1819 Paradiplomystes coruscans (Lichtenstein, 1819) Felichthys filamentosus Swainson, 1839 Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839) Galeichthys gronovii Valenciennes, 1840 Bagrus macronemus Ranzani, 1841 Mystus carolinensis Gronow, 1854

The coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Carl Linnaeus in 1776, originally under the genus Silurus. It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters ranging between Colombia and the Amazon River, in South America. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 55 cm (22 in), more commonly reaching 40 cm (16 in).

The diet of the coco sea catfish includes bony fish and benthic crustaceans. It is preyed on by the smalltail shark. It is of commercial interest to fisheries, and is marketed fresh.

References

1. Synonyms of Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bagre bagre". FishBase. April 2016 version.
3. Linnaeus, C., 1766 Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 1): 1-532.
4. Food items reported for Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.
5. Organisms preying on Bagre bagre at fishbase.org.

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