Bagrus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895
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
The Somalia catfish (Bagrus urostigma) is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the family Bagridae. The Somalia catfish is native to the Jubba River in Somalia.
This species has four pairs of barbels. The maxillary barbels reach to the middle of the adipose fin in juveniles and to the middle of the dorsal fin in the adult. The caudal fin is forked, with the upper lobe longer than the lower. The pectoral fin spine is very strong, prominent, and strongly serrated on the inner side. The fish is reddish brown above, yellowish white beneath, and the caudal fin dotted with black. This species grows to 72.0 centimetres TL.
Wikipedia contributors, Somalia catfish; 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 urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895
- Name authority
- Vinciguerra, 1895
- 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 urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895
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 filamentosus Pellegrin, 1924 | 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 |
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Barbus urostigma Vinciguerra, 1895 Vinciguerra, 1895 | ambiguous synonym |
| Porcus urostigma (Vinciguerra, 1895) (Vinciguerra, 1895) | 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.
- Vinciguerra, D. (1895). Esplorazione del Giuba e dei suoi affluenti compiuta dal Cap. V. Bottego durante gli anni 1892-93 sotto gli auspicii della Società geografica Italiana. III. Pesci. Annali Del Museo Civico Di Storia Naturale Di Genova (Serie 2), v. 15: 21–60, Pl. 5. [Separate pp. 1–40.]. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.49163 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:68BCN. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.