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Devil Catfishes
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Devil Catfishes

Bagarius

Bagarius (Thai: ปลาแค้) is an Asian genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Sisoridae. It includes four extant species, (see below), and one extinct species, B. gigas.

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7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species

Indochinese Goonch

speciesBagarius lica

Goonch

speciesBagarius bagarius

Banded Goonch

speciesBagarius rutilus

Bagarius dolichonema

speciesBagarius dolichonema

Bagarius protos

speciesBagarius protos

Gangetic Goonch

speciesBagarius vegrandis

Crocodile catfish

speciesBagarius suchus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51483.