What type of animal is a Bagre fish?
Bagre is a genus that comprises four species of catfish, namely the Chilhuil sea catfish (Bagre panamensis), the gafftopsail catfish (Bagre marinus), the red sea catfish (Bagre pinnimaculatus), and the coco sea catfish (Bagre bagre). Bagre genus species can be seen dwelling from southern North America to northern South America, along the Pacific and Atlantic coasts.
Fun Bagre Fish Facts For Kids
What do they prey on? Small fish, invertebrates, the scales of bony fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? N/A
How much do they weigh? 1-13.3 lb (0.4-6 kg)
How long are they? 16-34 in (40.6-86.3 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Blue-gray, dark brown, light gray
Skin Type Wet, slimy scales
What were their main threats? Fishing
What is their conservation status? Gafftopsail catfish: Least Concern Red sea catfish: Least Concern
What do they prey on? Small fish, invertebrates, the scales of bony fish
What do they eat? Carnivore
Average litter size? N/A
How much do they weigh? 1-13.3 lb (0.4-6 kg)
How long are they? 16-34 in (40.6-86.3 cm)
How tall are they? N/A
What do they look like? Blue-gray, dark brown, light gray
Skin Type Wet, slimy scales
What were their main threats? Fishing
What is their conservation status? Gafftopsail catfish: Least Concern Red sea catfish: Least Concern
What do they prey on?
Small fish, invertebrates, the scales of bony fish
What do they eat?
Carnivore
Average litter size?
N/A
How much do they weigh?
1-13.3 lb (0.4-6 kg)
How long are they?
16-34 in (40.6-86.3 cm)
How tall are they?
What do they look like?
Blue-gray, dark brown, light gray
Skin Type
Wet, slimy scales
What were their main threats?
Fishing
What is their conservation status?
Gafftopsail catfish: Least Concern Red sea catfish: Least Concern
Where you’ll find them? Estuaries, Lagoons, Mangroves, Brackish Seas
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Bagre
Class Actinopterygii
Family Ariidae
Where you’ll find them?
Estuaries, Lagoons, Mangroves, Brackish Seas
Locations
Kingdom Animalia
Genus Bagre
Kingdom
Animalia
Genus
Bagre
Class Actinopterygii
Family Ariidae
