WoRMS taxon details
Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803)
280825 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280825)
accepted
Species
Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Arius commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Arius upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) · unaccepted
Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 · unaccepted
Bagrus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
Netuma barbus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Netuma commersoni (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Netuma upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) · unaccepted
Netuma upsulonophorus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803 · unaccepted
Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855 · unaccepted
Silurus 16-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923 · unaccepted
Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923 · unaccepted
Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923 · unaccepted (synonym)
Tachisurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 94, 102 [details]
page(s): 94, 102 [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Genidens barbus (Lacepède, 1803). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280825 on 2026-02-23
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923) Larrañaga, D. A. (1923). Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. <em>Los Publica el Instituto Histórico y Geográphico del Uruguay. Edición Nacional.</em> v. 2: 1-512. [details]
original description (of Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 94, 102 [details]
original description (of Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 95, 103, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 35, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) Eigenmann, C. H. ; Eigenmann, R. S. (1889). Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. II. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> 2: 28-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3477 [details]
original description (of Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923) Larrañaga, D. A. (1923). Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. <em>Los Publica el Instituto Histórico y Geográphico del Uruguay. Edición Nacional.</em> v. 2: 1-512. [details]
original description (of Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824) Quoy, J. R. C.; Gaimard, J. P. (1824-1825). Description des Poissons. Chapter IX. <em>In: Freycinet, L. de, Voyage autour du Monde...exécuté sur les corvettes de L. M.</em> 192-401 [1-328 in 1824; 329-616 in 1825], Atlas pls. 43-65., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40871183#page/204/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 94, 102 [details]
original description (of Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803) Lacepède, B.G.E. (1803). Histoire naturelle des poissons. Tome Cinquieme. 5(1-21): i-lxviii + 1-803 + index., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6335629
page(s): 95, 103, Pl. 3 (fig. 1) [details]
original description (of Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855) Castelnau, F. L. (1855). Poissons. In: Animaux nouveaux or rares recueillis pendant l'expédition dans les parties centrales de l'Amérique du Sud, de Rio de Janeiro a Lima, et de Lima au Para; exécutée par ordre du gouvernement Français pendant les années 1843 a 1847 ... Part 7,. <em>Zoologie. Paris (P. Bertrand).</em> v. 2: i-xii + 1-112, Pls. 1-50., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.110120
page(s): 35, Pl. 16 (fig. 3) [details]
original description (of Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889) Eigenmann, C. H. ; Eigenmann, R. S. (1889). Preliminary notes on South American Nematognathi. II. <em>Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences (Series 2).</em> 2: 28-56., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.3477 [details]
original description (of Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923) Larrañaga, D. A. (1923). Escritos de Don Dámaso Antonio Larrañaga. <em>Los Publica el Instituto Histórico y Geográphico del Uruguay. Edición Nacional.</em> v. 2: 1-512. [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (13 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Arius commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Netuma barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bagrus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genidens barbus)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus 16-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma upsulonophorus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma commersoni (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genidens barbus RAD117958-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genidens barbus RAD117958-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pimelodus versicolor RAD118151-001) (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus upsulonophorus RAD118239-001) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus upsulonophorus RAD118239-002) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (19 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (33 publications) (from synonym Arius commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Netuma barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (53 publications) (from synonym Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Bagrus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Tachisurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (9 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Genidens barbus)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus 16-radiatus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus marinus Larrañaga, 1923)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Arius commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus commersonii (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Bagrus barbatus Quoy & Gaimard, 1824)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma upsulonophora (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus commersonii Lacepède, 1803)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma upsulonophorus (Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889))
To FishBase (from synonym Netuma commersoni (Lacepède, 1803))
To FishBase (from synonym Silurus sexdecimradiatus Larrañaga, 1923)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus barbus Lacepède, 1803)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Netuma barba (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Galeichthys barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins) (from synonym Arius barbus (Lacepède, 1803))
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 43 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genidens barbus RAD117958-001)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Genidens barbus RAD117958-002)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Pimelodus versicolor RAD118151-001) (from synonym Pimelodus versicolor Castelnau, 1855)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus upsulonophorus RAD118239-001) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Tachisurus upsulonophorus RAD118239-002) (from synonym Tachisurus upsulonophorus Eigenmann & Eigenmann, 1889)
