Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Open encyclopedia reference
Bagrus filamentosus is a species of fish in the family Bagridae. It is found in Guinea, Mali, Niger and Nigeria. Its natural habitat is the River Niger. It is only certainly known by the type specimen.
Wikipedia contributors, Bagrus filamentosus; see linked history · CC BY-SA 4.0 . Plain-text lead excerpt, at most 180 words; no infobox or later sections Retrieved 2026-10-05T19:07:41.569552+00:00. This reference remains separate from the taxonomic record.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Bagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
- Name authority
- Pellegrin, 1924
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Teleostei
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Bagridae
- Genus
- Bagrus
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Source habitat flags: Marine: no · Freshwater: yes · Terrestrial: no. These do not form a complete habitat description.
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumChordata
- subphylumVertebrata
- infraphylumGnathostomata
- parvphylumOsteichthyes
- gigaclassActinopterygii
- superclassActinopteri
- classTeleostei
- orderSiluriformes
- familyBagridae Bleeker, 1858
- genusBagrus Bosc, 1816
- speciesBagrus filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924
Close classified relatives
These entries share the source’s genus, Bagrus. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.
| Species | Classification | Source status |
|---|---|---|
| Bagrus meridionalis Günther, 1894 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus tucumanus Burmeister, 1861 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus caeruleus Roberts & Stewart, 1976 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus orientalis Boulenger, 1902 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus lubosicus Lönnberg, 1924 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus docmak (Forsskål, 1775) | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus degeni Boulenger, 1906 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus ubangensis Boulenger, 1902 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
| Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 | BagridaeChordata | Accepted speciesExtinction status not supplied |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Porcus filamentosus (Pellegrin, 1924) (Pellegrin, 1924) | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Pellegrin, J. (1924). Poissons du Niger recueillis par M. Jean Thomas. Description de deux espèces nouvelles. Bulletin Du Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle (Série 1), v. 30 (no. 6): 457–463. Source fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:68BBV. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.