Animalia > Chordata > Siluriformes > Sisoridae > Bagarius > Bagarius bagarius

Bagarius bagarius (Yellow sisorid-catfish; Goonch; Gangetic goonch; Dwarf goonch)

Synonyms: Bagarius buchanani; Pachypterus luridus; Pimelodus bagarius; Pimelodus carnaticus (heterotypic)
Language: Assamese; Bengali; Chinese; Finnish; German; Javanese; Khasi; Khmer; Laotian; Malay; Mandarin Chinese; Manipuri; Marathi; Nepali; Russian; Thai; Vietnamese

Wikipedia Abstract

Bagarius bagarius, also known as the devil catfish, dwarf goonch or goonch (Bengali: বাঘাইর), is a species of catfish in the genus Bagarius. It is generally reported as being found in large and medium rivers in South and Southeast Asia, but considerable taxonomic confusion surrounds this species and B. yarrelli.
View Wikipedia Record: Bagarius bagarius

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Bagarius bagarius

Attributes

Migration [1]  Potamodromous

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Bach Ma National Park II 54733 Viet Nam
Corbett National Park II 141853 Uttaranchal, India

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♦ 1Myers, 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
♦ 2Gibson, 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