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Bathybagrus is a genus of claroteid catfishes native to Africa where they are only found in Lake Tanganyika.

Bathybagrus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Claroteidae
Subfamily:	Claroteinae
Genus:	Bathybagrus R. M. Bailey & D. J. Stewart, 1984
Type species
Bathybagrus tetranema Bailey & Stewart, 1984

Species

There are currently six recognized species in this genus:

• Bathybagrus grandis (Boulenger, 1917) (Kukumai)
• Bathybagrus graueri (Steindachner, 1911)
• Bathybagrus platycephalus (Worthington & Ricardo, 1937)
• Bathybagrus sianenna (Boulenger, 1906)
• Bathybagrus stappersii (Boulenger, 1917)
• Bathybagrus tetranema R. M. Bailey & D. J. Stewart, 1984

References

• Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Bathybagrus in FishBase. December 2011 version.

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