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Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Siluriformes
family
Sisoridae
genus
Bagarius
species
Bagarius bagarius

Name

Synonyms
Bagarius buchanani Bleeker, 1853
Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839
Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822
Pimelodus carnaticus Jerdon, 1849
Homonyms
Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)
Common names
Bag mach in Bengali
Bagair in language.
Baghai in Nepali
Baghair in Bengali
Bhagar in Bengali
Bhgha aor in language.
Cá Chiên in Vietnamese
Cá chien in Vietnamese
Cá chiên sông in Vietnamese
Devil catfish in English
Dwarf Goonch in English
Gangetic goonch in English
Garuah bagai in Assamese
Giant Devil Catfish in English
Gochara in Nepali
Gonch in Nepali
Goonch in English
Gounch in Nepali
Jättivirtamonni in Finnish
Kalvovirtamonni in Finnish
Kelaling in Indonesian
Khakala in language.
Khrit in Marathi
Kurudi in Kannada
Lika in Sundanese
Ngaren in language.
Sand shark in English
Teufelswels in German
Thend in Nepali
Trey krabei in Central Khmer
Trey krabey in Central Khmer
Trey krawbey in Central Khmer
Yellow sisorid-catfish in English
harilik bagaarius in Estonian
sisora Yarrellova in Czech
sisora asijská in Czech
suur bagaarius in Estonian
Индийский багарий in Russian
багарий in Russian
שפמנון תניני בגריוס in Hebrew
שפמנון תניני ענק in Hebrew
السلور الشيطان العملاق in Arabic
खीरद in Marathi
गावच in Marathi
गूंच in Hindi
थींद in Nepali
बघार in Hindi
मौळांदाह in Marathi
গাঙ্গেয় বাঘাইর in Bengali
দানব বাঘাইড় in Bengali

Bibliographic References

  1. Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025).
  2. 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). 10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4
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