Bagridae

Bagrid catfishes

240 species

1. 1Bagrichthys hypselopterus (Bleeker, 1852) · Blacklancer catfishfresh · tropical
2. 2Bagrichthys macracanthus (Bleeker, 1854) · Black lancer catfishfresh · tropical
3. 3Bagrichthys macropterus (Bleeker, 1854) · False black lancerfresh · tropical
4. 4Bagrichthys majusculus Ng, 2002fresh · tropical
5. 5Bagrichthys micranodus Roberts, 1989fresh · tropical
6. 6Bagrichthys obscurus Ng, 1999fresh · tropical
7. 7Bagrichthys vaillantii (Popta, 1906)fresh · tropical
8. 8Bagroides hirsutus (Herre, 1934)fresh · subtropical
9. 9Bagroides melapterus Bleeker, 1851fresh · tropical
10. 10Bagrus bajad (Fabricius, 1775) · Bayadfresh · tropical
11. 11Bagrus caeruleus Roberts & Stewart, 1976fresh · tropical
12. 12Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906fresh · tropical
13. 13Bagrus docmak (Fabricius, 1775) · Semutundufresh · tropical
14. 14Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924fresh · tropical
15. 15Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924fresh · tropical
16. 16Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894 · Kampoyofresh · tropical
17. 17Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902fresh · tropical
18. 18Bagrus tucumanus Burmeister, 1861fresh · subtropical
19. 19Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902fresh · tropical
20. 20Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 · Somalia catfishfresh · tropical
21. 21Batasio affinis Blyth, 1860fresh · tropical
22. 22Batasio batasio (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
23. 23Batasio convexirostrum Darshan, Anganthoibi & Vishwanath, 2011fresh · tropical
24. 24Batasio dayi (Vinciguerra, 1890)fresh · tropical
25. 25Batasio elongatus Ng, 2004fresh · tropical
26. 26Batasio fasciolatus Ng, 2006fresh · tropical
27. 27Batasio feruminatus Ng & Kottelat, 2008fresh · tropical
28. 28Batasio flavus Plamoottil, 2015 · Yellow Batasiofresh · tropical
29. 29Batasio fluviatilis (Day, 1888)fresh · tropical
30. 30Batasio macronotus Ng & Edds, 2004fresh · tropical
31. 31Batasio merianiensis (Chaudhuri, 1913)fresh · subtropical
32. 32Batasio pakistanicus Mirza & Jan, 1989fresh · tropical
33. 33Batasio procerus Ng, 2008fresh · tropical
34. 34Batasio sharavatiensis Bhatt & Jayaram, 2004fresh · tropical
35. 35Batasio spilurus Ng, 2006fresh · tropical
36. 36Batasio tengana (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
37. 37Batasio tigrinus Ng & Kottelat, 2001fresh · tropical
38. 38Batasio travancoria Hora & Law, 1941fresh · tropical
39. 39Chandramara chandramara (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
40. 40Coreobagrus brevicorpus Mori, 1936 · Korean stumpy bullheadfresh · temperate
41. 41Coreobagrus ichikawai Okada & Kubota, 1957 · Neko-gigifresh · temperate
42. 42Hemibagrus amemiyai (Kimura, 1934)fresh · temperate
43. 43Hemibagrus baramensis (Regan, 1906)fresh · tropical
44. 44Hemibagrus bongan (Popta, 1904)fresh · tropical
45. 45Hemibagrus camthuyensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
46. 46Hemibagrus caveatus Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2001fresh · tropical
47. 47Hemibagrus centralus Mai, 1978fresh · tropical
48. 48Hemibagrus chiemhoaensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
49. 49Hemibagrus chrysops Ng & Dodson, 1999fresh · tropical
50. 50Hemibagrus divaricatus Ng & Kottelat, 2013fresh · tropical
51. 51Hemibagrus dongbacensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
52. 52Hemibagrus filamentus (Fang & Chaux, 1949)fresh · brackish · tropical
53. 53Hemibagrus fortis (Popta, 1904)fresh · tropical
54. 54Hemibagrus furcatus Ng, Martin-Smith & Ng, 2000fresh · tropical
55. 55Hemibagrus gracilis Ng & Ng, 1995fresh · tropical
56. 56Hemibagrus guttatus (Lacepède, 1803)fresh · subtropical
57. 57Hemibagrus hainanensis (Tchang, 1935)fresh · tropical
58. 58Hemibagrus hoevenii (Bleeker, 1846)fresh · brackish · tropical
59. 59Hemibagrus hongus Mai, 1978fresh · tropical
60. 60Hemibagrus imbrifer Ng & Ferraris, 2000fresh · tropical
61. 61Hemibagrus johorensis (Herre, 1940)fresh · tropical
62. 62Hemibagrus lacustrinus Ng & Kottelat, 2013fresh · tropical
63. 63Hemibagrus macropterus Bleeker, 1870fresh · temperate
64. 64Hemibagrus maydelli (Rössel, 1964)fresh · tropical
65. 65Hemibagrus menoda (Hamilton, 1822) · Menoda catfishfresh · tropical
66. 66Hemibagrus microphthalmus (Day, 1877)fresh · brackish · tropical
67. 67Hemibagrus nemurus (Valenciennes, 1840) · Asian redtail catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
68. 68Hemibagrus olyroides (Roberts, 1989)fresh · tropical
69. 69Hemibagrus peguensis (Boulenger, 1894)fresh · tropical
70. 70Hemibagrus planiceps (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · tropical
71. 71Hemibagrus pluriradiatus (Vaillant, 1892)fresh · tropical
72. 72Hemibagrus punctatus (Jerdon, 1849)fresh · tropical
73. 73Hemibagrus sabanus (Inger & Chin, 1959)fresh · tropical
74. 74Hemibagrus semotus Ng & Kottelat, 2013fresh · tropical
75. 75Hemibagrus songdaensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
76. 76Hemibagrus spilopterus Ng & Rainboth, 1999fresh · tropical
77. 77Hemibagrus taybacensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
78. 78Hemibagrus variegatus Ng & Ferraris, 2000fresh · tropical
79. 79Hemibagrus velox Tan & Ng, 2000fresh · tropical
80. 80Hemibagrus vietnamicus Mai, 1978fresh · tropical
81. 81Hemibagrus wyckii (Bleeker, 1858)fresh · tropical
82. 82Hemibagrus wyckioides (Fang & Chaux, 1949)fresh · subtropical
83. 83Hemileiocassis panjang Ng & Lim, 2000fresh · tropical
84. 84Hyalobagrus flavus Ng & Kottelat, 1998fresh · tropical
85. 85Hyalobagrus leiacanthus Ng & Kottelat, 1998fresh · tropical
86. 86Hyalobagrus ornatus (Duncker, 1904)fresh · tropical
87. 87Leiocassis aculeata Ng & Hadiaty, 2005fresh · tropical
88. 88Leiocassis bekantan Ng & Tan, 2018fresh · tropical
89. 89Leiocassis brevirostris Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
90. 90Leiocassis collina Ng & Lim, 2006fresh · tropical
91. 91Leiocassis crassirostris Regan, 1913fresh · subtropical
92. 92Leiocassis doriae Regan, 1913fresh · tropical
93. 93Leiocassis hosii Regan, 1906fresh · tropical
94. 94Leiocassis longibarbus Cui, 1990fresh · subtropical
95. 95Leiocassis micropogon (Bleeker, 1852)fresh · tropical
96. 96Leiocassis poeciloptera (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · tropical
97. 97Leiocassis rudicula Ng & Hadiaty, 2019fresh · tropical
98. 98Leiocassis saravacensis Boulenger, 1894fresh · tropical
99. 99Leiocassis tenebrica Ng & Lim, 2006fresh · tropical
100. 100Leiocassis yeni Nguyen & Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
101. 101Mystus abbreviatus (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · tropical
102. 102Mystus alasensis Ng & Hadiaty, 2005fresh · tropical
103. 103Mystus albolineatus Roberts, 1994fresh · tropical
104. 104Mystus ankutta Pethiyagoda, Silva & Maduwage, 2008 · Sri Lanka dwarf catfishfresh · tropical
105. 105Mystus armatus (Day, 1865) · Kerala mystusfresh · brackish · tropical
106. 106Mystus armiger Ng, 2004fresh · brackish · tropical
107. 107Mystus atrifasciatus Fowler, 1937fresh · tropical
108. 108Mystus bimaculatus (Volz, 1904)fresh · tropical
109. 109Mystus bleekeri (Day, 1877) · Day's mystusfresh · tropical
110. 110Mystus bocourti (Bleeker, 1864)fresh · tropical
111. 111Mystus canarensis Grant, 1999fresh · tropical
112. 112Mystus carcio (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
113. 113Mystus castaneus Ng, 2002fresh · tropical
114. 114Mystus catapogon Plamoottil, 2016fresh · tropical
115. 115Mystus cavasius (Hamilton, 1822) · Gangetic mystusfresh · brackish · tropical
116. 116Mystus chinensis (Steindachner, 1883)fresh · tropical
117. 117Mystus cineraceus Ng & Kottelat, 2009fresh · tropical
118. 118Mystus dibrugarensis (Chaudhuri, 1913)fresh · tropical
119. 119Mystus falcarius Chakrabarty & Ng, 2005fresh · tropical
120. 120Mystus gulio (Hamilton, 1822) · Long whiskers catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
121. 121Mystus heoki Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 · Elongated Kerala Mystusfresh · tropical
122. 122Mystus horai Jayaram, 1954 · Indus catfishfresh · subtropical
123. 123Mystus impluviatus Ng, 2003fresh · tropical
124. 124Mystus indicus Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 · Central Travancore catfishfresh · tropical
125. 125Mystus keletius (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · tropical
126. 126Mystus keralai Plamoottil & Abraham, 2014 · Long whiskered Kerala catfishfresh · tropical
127. 127Mystus leucophasis (Blyth, 1860)fresh · tropical
128. 128Mystus malabaricus (Jerdon, 1849)fresh · brackish · tropical
129. 129Mystus menoni Plamoottil & Abraham, 2013 · Idukki Mystusfresh · tropical
130. 130Mystus misrai Anuradha, 1986fresh · subtropical
131. 131Mystus montanus (Jerdon, 1849)fresh · brackish · tropical
132. 132Mystus multiradiatus Roberts, 1992fresh · tropical
133. 133Mystus mysticetus Roberts, 1992fresh · tropical
134. 134Mystus nanus Sudasinghe, Pethiyagoda, Maduwage & Meegaskumbura, 2016fresh · tropical
135. 135Mystus ngasep Darshan, Vishwanath, Mahanta & Barat, 2011fresh · tropical
136. 136Mystus nigriceps (Valenciennes, 1840) · Twospot catfishfresh · tropical
137. 137Mystus oculatus (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · brackish · tropical
138. 138Mystus pelusius (Solander, 1794) · Tigris mystusfresh · brackish · subtropical
139. 139Mystus pulcher (Chaudhuri, 1911)fresh · tropical
140. 140Mystus punctifer Ng, Wirjoatmodjo & Hadiaty, 2001fresh · tropical
141. 141Mystus rhegma Fowler, 1935fresh · tropical
142. 142Mystus rufescens (Vinciguerra, 1890)fresh · tropical
143. 143Mystus seengtee (Sykes, 1839)fresh · tropical
144. 144Mystus singaringan (Bleeker, 1846)fresh · tropical
145. 145Mystus tengara (Hamilton, 1822) · Tengara catfishfresh · tropical
146. 146Mystus velifer Ng, 2012fresh · brackish · tropical
147. 147Mystus vittatus (Bloch, 1794) · Striped dwarf catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
148. 148Mystus wolffii (Bleeker, 1851)fresh · brackish · tropical
149. 149Mystus zeylanicus Ng & Pethiyagoda, 2013 · Sri Lanka bagrid catfishfresh · tropical
150. 150Nanobagrus armatus (Vaillant, 1902)fresh · tropical
151. 151Nanobagrus fuscus (Popta, 1904)fresh · tropical
152. 152Nanobagrus immaculatus Ng, 2008fresh · tropical
153. 153Nanobagrus lemniscatus Ng, 2010fresh · tropical
154. 154Nanobagrus nebulosus Ng & Tan, 1999fresh · tropical
155. 155Nanobagrus stellatus Tan & Ng, 2000fresh · tropical
156. 156Nanobagrus torquatus Thomson, López, Hadiaty & Page, 2008fresh · tropical
157. 157Olyra astrifera Arunachalam, Raja, Mayden & Chandran, 2013fresh · tropical
158. 158Olyra burmanica Day, 1872 · Longtail catfishfresh · tropical
159. 159Olyra collettii (Steindachner, 1881)fresh · tropical
160. 160Olyra horae (Prashad & Mukerji, 1929)fresh · tropical
161. 161Olyra kempi Chaudhuri, 1912fresh · tropical
162. 162Olyra longicaudata McClelland, 1842fresh · tropical
163. 163Olyra saginata Ng, Lalramliana & Lalthanzara, 2014fresh · tropical
164. 164Pelteobagrus eupogon (Boulenger, 1892)fresh · temperate
165. 165Pelteobagrus tonkinensis Nguyen, 2005fresh · tropical
166. 166Pseudobagrus brevianalis Regan, 1908fresh · subtropical
167. 167Pseudobagrus brevicaudatus (Wu, 1930)fresh · temperate
168. 168Pseudobagrus eupogoides Wu, 1930fresh · temperate
169. 169Pseudobagrus hwanghoensis (Mori, 1933)fresh · temperate
170. 170Pseudobagrus kaifenensis (Tchang, 1934)fresh · temperate
171. 171Pseudobagrus koreanus Uchida, 1990fresh · temperate
172. 172Pseudobagrus medianalis (Regan, 1904)fresh · subtropical
173. 173Pseudobagrus microps (Rendahl, 1933)fresh · temperate
174. 174Pseudobagrus rendahli (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940)fresh · subtropical
175. 175Pseudobagrus sinyanensis (Fu, 1935)fresh · temperate
176. 176Pseudobagrus tokiensis Döderlein, 1887fresh · temperate
177. 177Pseudobagrus wangi Miao, 1934fresh · temperate
178. 178Pseudomystus bomboides Kottelat, 2000fresh · tropical
179. 179Pseudomystus breviceps (Regan, 1913)fresh · tropical
180. 180Pseudomystus carnosus Ng & Lim, 2005fresh · tropical
181. 181Pseudomystus flavipinnis Ng & Rachmatika, 1999fresh · tropical
182. 182Pseudomystus fumosus Ng & Lim, 2005fresh · tropical
183. 183Pseudomystus funebris Ng, 2010fresh · tropical
184. 184Pseudomystus heokhuii Lim & Ng, 2008fresh · tropical
185. 185Pseudomystus inornatus (Boulenger, 1894)fresh · tropical
186. 186Pseudomystus leiacanthus (Weber & de Beaufort, 1912) · Dwarf bumblebee catfishfresh · tropical
187. 187Pseudomystus mahakamensis (Vaillant, 1902)fresh · tropical
188. 188Pseudomystus moeschii (Boulenger, 1890)fresh · tropical
189. 189Pseudomystus myersi (Roberts, 1989)fresh · tropical
190. 190Pseudomystus robustus (Inger & Chin, 1959)fresh · tropical
191. 191Pseudomystus rugosus (Regan, 1913)fresh · tropical
192. 192Pseudomystus siamensis (Regan, 1913) · Asian bumblebee catfishfresh · tropical
193. 193Pseudomystus sobrinus Ng & Freyhof, 2005fresh · tropical
194. 194Pseudomystus stenogrammus Ng & Siebert, 2005fresh · tropical
195. 195Pseudomystus stenomus (Valenciennes, 1840)fresh · tropical
196. 196Pseudomystus tuberosus Ng & Tan, 2024fresh · tropical
197. 197Pseudomystus vaillanti (Regan, 1913)fresh · tropical
198. 198Rama rama (Hamilton, 1822)fresh · tropical
199. 199Sperata acicularis Ferraris & Runge, 1999fresh · tropical
200. 200Sperata aor (Hamilton, 1822) · Long-whiskered catfishfresh · tropical
201. 201Sperata aorella (Blyth, 1858)fresh · tropical
202. 202Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) · Giant river-catfishfresh · brackish · tropical
203. 203Sundolyra latebrosa Ng, Hadiaty, Lundberg & Luckenbill, 2015fresh · tropical
204. 204Tachysurus adiposalis (Oshima, 1919)fresh · subtropical
205. 205Tachysurus albomarginatus (Rendahl, 1928)fresh · subtropical
206. 206Tachysurus analis (Nichols, 1930)fresh · subtropical
207. 207Tachysurus argentivittatus (Regan, 1905)fresh · subtropical
208. 208Tachysurus aurantiacus (Temminck & Schlegel, 1846)fresh · temperate
209. 209Tachysurus brachyrhabdion (Cheng, Ishihara & Zhang, 2008)fresh · tropical
210. 210Tachysurus brashnikowi (Berg, 1907) · Brazhnikov's catfishfresh · temperate
211. 211Tachysurus crassilabris (Günther, 1864)fresh · subtropical
212. 212Tachysurus dumerili (Bleeker, 1864) · Chinese longsnout catfishfresh · brackish · temperate
213. 213Tachysurus fui (Miao, 1934)fresh · temperate
214. 214Tachysurus fulvidraco (Richardson, 1846) · Yellow catfishfresh · temperate
215. 215Tachysurus gracilis (Li, Chen & Chan, 2005)fresh · tropical
216. 216Tachysurus herzensteini (Berg, 1907) · Herzenstein's catfishfresh · temperate
217. 217Tachysurus hoi (Pellegrin & Fang, 1940)fresh · temperate
218. 218Tachysurus intermedius (Nichols & Pope, 1927)fresh · brackish · tropical
219. 219Tachysurus kyphus (Mai, 1978)fresh · tropical
220. 220Tachysurus lani Cheng, Shao, López & Zhang, 2021fresh · temperate
221. 221Tachysurus longispinalis (Nguyen, 2005)fresh · tropical
222. 222Tachysurus microcrassirostris (Xiao, 2010)fresh · temperate
223. 223Tachysurus nitidus (Sauvage & Dabry de Thiersant, 1874)fresh · brackish · temperate
224. 224Tachysurus nubilosus (Ng & Freyhof, 2007)fresh · tropical
225. 225Tachysurus nudiceps (Sauvage, 1883)fresh · temperate
226. 226Tachysurus omeihensis (Nichols, 1941)fresh · subtropical
227. 227Tachysurus ondon (Shaw, 1930)fresh · temperate
228. 228Tachysurus pratti (Günther, 1892)fresh · temperate
229. 229Tachysurus sinensis Lacepède, 1803fresh · brackish · temperate
230. 230Tachysurus spilotus Ng, 2009fresh · tropical
231. 231Tachysurus taeniatus (Günther, 1873)fresh · temperate
232. 232Tachysurus taiwanensis (Oshima, 1919)fresh · subtropical
233. 233Tachysurus tenuifurcatus (Nichols, 1931)fresh · subtropical
234. 234Tachysurus tenuis (Günther, 1873)fresh · temperate
235. 235Tachysurus trilineatus (Zheng, 1979)fresh · subtropical
236. 236Tachysurus truncatus (Regan, 1913)fresh · temperate
237. 237Tachysurus ussuriensis (Dybowski, 1872) · Ussuri catfishfresh · temperate
238. 238Tachysurus vachellii (Richardson, 1846)fresh · subtropical
239. 239Tachysurus virgatus (Oshima, 1926)fresh · tropical
240. 240Tachysurus wuyueensis Zhou, Yuan & Shao, 2024fresh · temperate

Source: FishBase v25.04 (fishbase.org), via cboettig/fishbase, fetched 2026-10-18.