Bagarius

Bagarius Yarrelli

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Cladus: Eugnathostomata
Cladus: Osteichthyes
Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Sisoridae
Subfamilia: Sisorinae
Genus: Bagarius
Species: B. bagarius – †B. gigas – B. rutilus – B. suchus – B. vegrandis – B. yarrelli

Name

Bagarius Bleeker, 1854: 121

Type species: Pimelodus bagarius ♂ Hamilton, 1822. Type by monotypy (also by absolute tautonymy).

References

  • Bleeker, P. 1854: Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. 25: 1–164, Pls. 1-6.
  • Ng, H.H. 2010: The monophyly and composition of the Asian hillstream catfish family Sisoridae (Teleostei: Siluriformes): evidence from morphology. Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters, 21(3): 247–278.
  • Ng, H.H. & Kottelat, M. 2021. Description of Bagarius vegrandis, a new species of sisorid catfish from Indochina (Actinopterygii: Siluriformes), with notes on the identity of Bagarius bagarius. Zootaxa 4926(1): 134–146. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4926.1.9 Paywall Reference page. 
  • Ferraris, C.J., Jr. 2007: Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa, 1418: 1–628. pdf

Vernacular names

  • English: Goonch Catfish
  • ไทย: ปลาแค้, ปลาแข้, ปลาตุ๊กแก
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