Bagrichthys macropterus • Bagridae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Bagrichthys macropterus** (Bleeker, 1853)
Common Name(s)	Glass Tail Catfish
Type Locality	Moara kompeh, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Synonym(s)	Bagroides macropterus, Pseudobagrichthys macropterus
Pronunciation	bag RICK thiss
Etymology	Bagrichthys: From bagrus, the name of a catfish genus frequently used to form generic names, and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish.
Species Information
Size	300mm (11.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Members of the highly specialized and unusually-shaped bagrid catfish genus Bagrichthys Bleeker, 1858, live in large muddy rivers throughout Southeast Asia and are characterised by their elongate and laterally compressed caudal peduncle, the dorsally-directed serrations on the posterior edge of the dorsal-fin spine, gill membranes united but free from the isthmus, and a long adipose fin without a free posterior margin (Roberts, 1989).
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Thailand to Indonesia. Thailand Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Indonesia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Natuurkd. Tijdschr. Neder. Indië v. 5 515
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2008 Jan 29 16:20 (species record created: 2007 Nov 30 17:05)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Bagrichthys macropterus (Bleeker, 1853)

Common Name(s)

Glass Tail Catfish

Type Locality

Moara kompeh, Sumatra, Indonesia.

Synonym(s)

Bagroides macropterus, Pseudobagrichthys macropterus

Pronunciation

bag RICK thiss

Etymology

Bagrichthys: From bagrus, the name of a catfish genus frequently used to form generic names, and the Greek ichthys, meaning fish.

Species Information

Size

300mm (11.8") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Members of the highly specialized and unusually-shaped bagrid catfish genus Bagrichthys Bleeker, 1858, live in large muddy rivers throughout Southeast Asia and are characterised by their elongate and laterally compressed caudal peduncle, the dorsally-directed serrations on the posterior edge of the dorsal-fin spine, gill membranes united but free from the isthmus, and a long adipose fin without a free posterior margin (Roberts, 1989).

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Thailand to Indonesia.
Thailand Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Indonesia Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there)