Bagarius bagarius és una espècie de peix de la família dels sisòrids i de l'ordre dels siluriformes.

Morfologia Els mascles poden assolir 200 cm de longitud total. Nombre de vèrtebres: 38-42.FishBase Hwang, H.C., I.Y. Chen i P.C. Yueh, 1988. The freshwater fishes of China in colored illustrations. Vol. 2 Shanghai Sciences and Technology Press, Shanghai, Xina. 201 p.

Alimentació Menja insectes,Talwar, P.K. i A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volum 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. peixets, granotes i gambesRahman, A.K.A., 1989. Freshwater fishes of Bangladesh. Zoological Society of Bangladesh. Department of Zoology, University of Dhaka. 364 p.

Hàbitat És un peix bentopelàgic i de clima tropical (18 °C- 25 °C).Baensch, H.A. i R. Riehl, 1985. Aquarien atlas. Band 2. Mergus, Verlag für Natur- und Heimtierkunde GmbH, Melle, Alemanya. 1216 p.

Distribució geogràfica Es troba a Àsia: conques del rius Ganges, Mekong i Chao Phraya;Kottelat, M., 1998. Fishes of the Nam Theun and Xe Bangfai basins, Laos, with diagnoses of twenty-two new species (Teleostei: Cyprinidae, Balitoridae, Cobitidae, Coiidae and Odontobutidae). Ichthyol. Explor. Freshwat. 9(1):1-128. rius Salween i Maeklong, i la Tailàndia peninsular.Vidthayanon, C., J. Karnasuta i J. Nabhitabhata, 1997. Diversity of freshwater fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok. 102 p.Ahmed, M., 1991. A model to determine benefits obtainable from the management of riverine fisheries of Bangladesh. ICLARM Tech. Rep. 28, 133 p.Al-Mamun, A., 2003. A hand guide for identification of inland fishes of Bangladesh. WorldFish Centre-Bangladesh.Dahanukar, N., R. Raut i A. Bhat, 2004. Distribution, endemism and threat status of freshwater fishes in the Western Ghats of India. J. Biogeogr 31: 123-136.Kapoor, D., R. Dayal i A.G. Ponniah, 2002. Fish biodiversity of India. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources Lucknow, Índia.775 p.Kottelat, M., 1985. Fresh-water fishes of Kampuchea. Hydrobiologia 121:249-279.Menon, A.G.K., 1999 Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ., Occas. Pap. Núm. 175, 366 p.Mirza, M.R., 2002. Checklist of freshwater fishes of Pakistan. Department of Zoology, Government College University, Lahore, Pakistan.Mirza, M.R., 2003. Checklist of freshwater fishes of Pakistan. Pakistan J. Zool. Suppl. Ser. (3): 1-30.Monkolprasit, S., S. Sontirat, S. Vimollohakarn i T. Songsirikul, 1997. Checklist of Fishes in Thailand. Office of Environmental Policy and Planning, Bangkok, Tailàndia. 353 p.Nath, P. i S.C. Dey, 1989. Fish and fisheries of North East India. Arunachal Pradesh Vol. 1, 1-143p.Oo, W., 2002. Inland fisheries of the Union of Myanmar. A: T. Petr i D.B. Swar (eds.) Cold Water Fisheries in the Trans-Himalayan Countries. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. 431.Petr, T., 1999. Coldwater fish and fisheries in Bhutan. p. 6-12. A: T. Petr (ed.) Fish and fisheries at higher altitudes: Asia. FAO Fish. Tech. Pap. No. 385. FAO, Roma. 304 p.Rajbanshi, K.G. i I. Csavas, 1982. Bhutan Aquaculture Development in Bhutan - a report prepared for the Establishment of Fish Seed Production Centre Project. FAO FI:DP/BHU80/007, Field Doc. 1. 46 p.Shaji, C.P., P.S. Easa i A. Gopalakrishnan, 2000. Freshwater fish diversity of Western Ghats. p. 33-35. A:: Ponniah, A.G. i A. Gopalakrishnan. (eds.). Endemic Fish Diversity of Western Ghats. NBFGR-NATP Publication. National Bureau of Fish Genetic Resources, Lucknow, U.P., Índia. 1, 347 p.Shrestha, J., 1994. Fishes, fishing implements and methods of Nepal. Smt. M.D. Gupta, Lalitpur Colony, Lashkar (Gwalior), Índia. 150 p.Shrestha, T.K., 1990. Resource ecology of the Himalayan waters. Curriculum Development Centre, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal. 645 p.Suvatti, C., 1981. Fishes of Thailand. Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok. 379 p.Taki, Y., 1974. Fishes of the Lao Mekong Basin. United States Agency for International Development Mission to Laos Agriculture Division. 232 p.Wang, S. (ed.), 1998. China red data book of endangered animals. Pisces. National Environmental Protection Agency. Endangered Species Scientific Commision. Science Press, Beijing, Xina. 247p.Taki, Y., 1978. An analytical study of the fish fauna of the Mekong basin as a biological production system in nature. Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology Special Publications núm. 1, 77 p. Tòquio (Japó).

Ús comercial És venut fresc.

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Riede, K., 2004. Global register of migratory species - from global to regional scales. Final Report of the R&D-Projekt 808 05 081. Federal Agency for Nature Conservation, Bonn, Alemanya. 329 p. Roberts, T. R., 1983: Revision of the south and southeast Asian sisorid catfish genus Bagarius, with description of a new species from the Mekong. Copeia 1983 (núm. 2): 435-445. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea i W.B. Scott, 1991. World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p.

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