Species FAO code: BEB

Bagre bagre

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Commercial designations
Production methods and fishing gears
Species distribution and habitat
Species description

Commercial designations

Country	Commercial designations	Names accepted or permitted locally or regionally
France	fr mâchoiron coco fr coco	–
Netherlands	nl Barbaman	–
Sweden	sv Coco havsmal	–

Main production methods

Caught

Main fishing gears

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)

Habitat

Saltwater
Brackish water

FAO major fishing areas

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)

Scientific name

Bagre bagre

Author

(Linnaeus, 1766)

Rank

Species

FAO code

BEB

Morphological description

Two pairs of barbels on rostral region, one pair on lower jaw, one pair on posterior end of maxilla; end of maxilla barbel beyond anal fin origin; pectoral spine filament long, reaching anal fin origin; dorsal, pectoral, and pelvic fin membranes black; anal fin membrane black distally (some individuals white), white proximally; body silver gray or blue gray dorsally, silver white ventrally (Ref. 13608).

Taxonomic classification

ClassActinopterygii
- OrderSiluriformes
  - FamilyAriidae
    - GenusBagre
      - SpeciesBagre bagre

Synonyms

Bagre filamentosus (Swainson, 1839)
Bagrus macronemus Ranzani, 1841
Galeichthys gronovii Valenciennes, 1840
Felichthys filamentosus Swainson, 1839
Mystus carolinensis Gronow, 1854
Paradiplomystes coruscans (Lichtenstein, 1819)
Silurus bagre Linnaeus, 1766
Pimelodus coruscans Lichtenstein, 1819
Felichthys bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)

Source: Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. FishBase. Bagre bagre (Linnaeus, 1766)

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Bagre bagre

Commercial designations

Main production methods

Main fishing gears

Hooks and lines

Pots and traps

Seines

Trawls

Habitat

FAO major fishing areas

Area 31 - Atlantic, Western Central

Area 41 - Atlantic, Southwest