Bagarius yarrelli

Bagarius yarrelli
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Sisoridae
Genus: Bagarius
Species:
B. yarrelli
Binomial name
Bagarius yarrelli
(Sykes, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Pimelodus yarrelli Sykes, 1839

Bagarius yarrelli, also known as the goonch catfish, giant devil catfish, or simply Goonch, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in the Indian subcontinent. The species reaches up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length.[2] It may be synonymous with B. bagarius.[3]

  1. ^ Ng, H.H. (2020). "Bagarius yarrelli". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T166503A60588519. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-2.RLTS.T166503A60588519.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bagarius yarrelli". FishBase. January 2012 version.
  3. ^ Ng, Heok Hee; Kottelat, Maurice (2021-02-04). "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. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 33756764.