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Bagridae (naked catfish)

Actinopteri - Siluriformes - Bagridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Bagridae Bleeker
1963Bagridae Jordan p. 648
1965Bagridae Frizzell and Dante p. 697
1966Bagridae Casier p. 167
1975Bagridae Sahni and Mishra p. 7
2013Bagridae Betancur et al.
2016Bagridae Nelson et al. p. 222

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
—Osteichthyes()
superclassActinopterygii()
classActinopteri()
subclassNeopterygii(Regan 1923)
—Teleosteomorpha
RankNameAuthor
—Teleostei(Müller 1846)
—Teleocephalade Pinna 1996
—ClupeocephalaPatterson and Rosen 1977
—Otomorpha
—Ostariophysi(Jordan and Evermann 1896)
—Otophysa
superorderCharaciphysae
orderSiluriformes
suborderSiluroidei
familyBagridaeBleeker 1852
familyBagridaeBleeker 1852

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Bagridae Bleeker 1852 [naked catfish]
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G. Auchenoglanis Günther 1865
G. Bagrus Bosc 1816
G. †Bucklandium König 1825
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†Bucklandium diluvii König 1825
G. †Claibornichthys Frizzell and Dante 1965
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†Claibornichthys troelli Frizzell and Dante 1965
G. †Eomacrones White 1936
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†Eomacrones wilsoni White 1934
G. †Fajumia Stromer 1904
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†Fajumia schweinfurthi Andrews 1904
G. †Socnopaea Stromer 1904
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†Socnopaea grandis Stromer 1904
†Socnopaea horai Sahni and Mishra 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: freshwatero
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Created: 2009-07-20 21:43:11
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:34:22
Source: o = order, subp = subphylum
References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.20000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (41 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Niger Eomacrones wilsoni (229530)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Bucklandium diluvii (13299)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Texas) Claibornichthys troelli (84145)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (Punjab) Bagridae indet. (45586)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Bagridae indet. (28978)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kutch) Fajumia misrai (45591) Socnopaea horai (45590)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3India (Kachchh) Fajumia menoni (45583)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Pakistan (Punjab) Bagridae indet. (87965)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (Texas) Claibornichthys troelli (84143 84147)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain (Castilla y Leon) Bagridae indet. (40358)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Libya Fajumia sp. (49942)
Bartonian - Late/Upper Eocene41.3 - 33.9Libya Fajumia sp. (48077 55449)
Miocene - Pliocene23.03 - 2.588Uganda Bagrus sp. (22433)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Kenya Bagridae indet. (38060)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Kenya Bagridae indet., Bagrus sp. (22241)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333United Arab Emirates (Abu Dhabi) Bagrus sp. (28245)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Chad Bagrus sp. (24181)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Uganda Bagrus sp. (22345)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Chad Bagrus sp. (59839)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Kenya Bagridae indet., Bagrus sp. (22242)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Uganda Auchenoglanis sp. (22257 22258 22265)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Malawi Bagridae indet. (22271)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Kenya Bagridae indet., Bagrus sp. (22235 22239)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa Bagridae indet. (22122 22346)
Pliocene - Holocene5.333 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Bagrus sp. (22125)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Uganda Bagrus sp. (22178)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Ethiopia Bagridae indet. (21545)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Kenya Bagrus sp. (32116)
Gelasian - Calabrian2.588 - 0.774Kenya Auchenoglanis sp., Bagrus sp. (21442)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Bagrus sp. (22098 22103)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa Bagrus sp. (22068)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Niger Auchenoglanis sp. (83305) Bagridae indet. (83304)