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Gafftopsail Catfish

Bagre marinus

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in Texas.January 993, February 950, March 1,079, April 2,047, May 1,254, June 609, July 547, August 565, September 671, October 715, November 931, December 903.
United States15,886
Texas11,264
Alabama2,236
Louisiana799
Mississippi266
Georgia46
South Carolina40
North Carolina27
Mexico16
Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave5

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • AquaticLives primarily in waterFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumChordates · Chordata
ClassRay-finned Fishes · Actinopterygii
OrderCatfishes · Siluriformes
FamilySea Catfishes · Ariidae
GenusBagre

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Gafftopsail Catfish with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.