Bagropsis

<i>Bagropsis reinhardti</i>

Bagropsis reinhardti

Species of fish

Bagropsis reinhardti is a species of long-whiskered catfish.[1] This species reaches about 22.7 cm (8.9 in) in standard length and is endemic to Brazil where it is found in the Das Velhas River basin in São Francisco River drainage.[2] It is considered a threatened species by Brazil's Ministry of the Environment.[3]

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Bagropsis is classified under the "Calophysus-Pimelodus clade". Within this clade, it is considered a part of the "Pimelodus-group" of Pimelodids, which also includes Pimelodus, Exallodontus, Duopalatinus, Cheirocerus, Iheringichthys, Bergiaria, Parapimelodus, Platysilurus, Platystomatichthys, and Propimelodus.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Bagropsis reinhardti". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved May 23, 2007.
  2. [2]
    Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2012). "Bagropsis reinhardti" in FishBase. February 2012 version.
  3. [3]
    ICMBio (Ministry of the Environment, Brazil): Portaria MMA nº 445, de 17 de dezembro de 2014 Archived 2022-05-03 at the Wayback Machine. Lista de Especies Ameaçadas - Saiba Mais. Retrieved 1 December 2018.
  4. [4]
    Lundberg, John G.; Parisi, Béatrice M. (2002). "Propimelodus, new genus, and redescription of Pimelodus eigenmanni Van der Stigchel 1946, a long-recognized yet poorly-known South American catfish (Pimelodidae: Siluriformes)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 152: 75–88. doi:10.1635/0097-3157(2002)152[0075:PNGARO]2.0.CO;2. ISSN 0097-3157. S2CID 86213152.
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