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Common names: Bagair, Baghair, Gangetic goonch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Ganges basin (Ref. 27732), including Meghna River (Ref. 35669). Known from the rivers of Surma (Sylhet), Kangsha and old Brahmaputra (Mymensingh) and Titas (Comilla). Also recorded from the Karnafuli reservoir (Chittagong Hill Tracts). Also Ref. 39989, 41236.
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rahman, A.K.A., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: Bagarius: From the local name Vaghari, in Calcuta (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Issue
Species data previously under Bagarius bagarius were assumed to refer to B. vegrandis and those under B. yarrelli belonged to B. lica (assumption followed distribution in Ref. 123776).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.8; dH range: 12 - 30; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 18°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060)

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Asia: restricted to the Indian subcontinent.

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Maturity: L_m ? range ? - ? cm
Max length : 230 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9496)

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Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Vulnerable (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 04 February 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes

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Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00525 (0.00339 - 0.00812), b=2.99 (2.87 - 3.11), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species & (Sub)family-body (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.7 ±0.59 se; based on food items.

Resilience (Ref. 120179): Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)