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Bagrus bajad (Silver catfish; Forskals catfish; Black Nile catfish; Bayad)

Synonyms:
Language: Arabic; Bambara; Bata; Dama; Dinka, Northeastern; El Molo; Ewe; Finnish; Fulfulde, Pulaar; Ga; German; Hausa; Ijo; Jula; Kabalai; Kanuri; Kim; Kotoko; Luo; M; Mambai; Mandarin Chinese; Mòoré; Nuer; Nupe; Other; Pulaar; Sonink; Turkana; Wolof; Yoruba; Zande

Wikipedia Abstract

The bayad (Bagrus bajad), is a species of bagrid catfish from Africa.
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  15.157 lbs (6.875 kg)
Female Maturity [2]  4 years 6 months
Male Maturity [1]  4 years 6 months
Maximum Longevity [2]  17 years
Migration [3]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Omo Strict Natural Reserve Forest Reserve 328086 Nigeria  

Prey / Diet

Boiga dendrophila (Gold-ringed Cat Snake, Mangrove Snake)[4]
Coptodon zillii (Zilli's tilapia)[4]
Lates niloticus (Victoria perch)[4]
Pollimyrus isidori (Mormyrid)[4]
Schilbe mystus (Silver catfish)[4]

Consumers

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 2Frimpong, E.A., and P. L. Angermeier. 2009. FishTraits: a database of ecological and life-history traits of freshwater fishes of the United States. Fisheries 34:487-495.
♦ 3Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 4Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0