Species: Bagre panamensis, Chihuil sea-catfish
Bagre panamensis (Gill, 1863)
Chihuil sea-catfish
Body very robust; head shield with ridges, but without granules; lips absent except at corner of mouth; only two pairs of barbels; top barbel broad, ribbon-like, reaching as far as pelvic fins; palate teeth in four patches, but fused to form narrow, continuous band; gill rakers on first arch 5-7 + 12-14; none on posterior face of first arch dorsal rays I, 7, dorsal spine without filament; anal rays 25-30; pectoral rays I, 12-13, pectoral spine with long flattened filament reaching origin of anal fin .
Dark blue on back with brassy sheen, silvery on sides, and white below; fins dusky to pale.
Size: attains 57 cm.
Habitat: commonly caught by trawlers in coastal waters.
Depth: 0-177 m.
Southern California through the Gulf of California to northern Peru.
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- Salinity
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- Brackish
- Marine
- Inshore/Offshore
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- Inshore
- Inshore Only
- Water Column Position
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- Bottom only
- Bottom
- Habitat
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- Estuary
- Soft bottom (mud/sand/gravel/beach/estuary/mangrove/seagrass)
- Sand & gravel
- Mud
- Soft bottom only
- Freshwater
- FishBase Habitat
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- Demersal
- Feeding Group
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- Carnivore
- No Data
- Diet
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- Mobile benthic crustacea (shrimps/crabs)
- No Data
- Mobile benthic worms
- Bony fishes
- Mobile benthic gastropods/bivalves
- Egg Type
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- No data
- No pelagic phase
- Brooded
- No pelagic larva
- Global Endemism
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- All species
- Tropical Eastern Pacific (TEP) endemic
- East Pacific endemic
- Regional Endemism
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- Continent only
- All species
- Continental TEP endemic
- TEP endemic
- 3 provinces (Cortez + Mexican + Panamic) endemic
- Continent
- Residency
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- Resident
- Climate Zone
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- Northern Subtropical (Cortez Province + Sinaloan Gap)
- Equatorial (Costa Rica to Ecuador + Galapagos, Clipperton, Cocos, Malpelo)
- South Temperate (Peruvian Province )
- Northern Tropical (Mexican Province to Nicaragua + Revillagigedos)
- North Temperate (Californian Province &/or Northern Gulf of California)
- IUCN Red List
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- Least concern
- Listed
- CITES
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- Not listed
- Length Max
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- 57
- Depth Range Min
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- 0
- Depth Range Max
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- 177
