| Bagarius yarrelli | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Sisoridae |
| Genus: | Bagarius |
| Species: | B. yarrelli
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| Binomial name | |
| Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes, 1839)
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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]
- ^ 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.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Bagarius yarrelli". FishBase. January 2012 version.
- ^ 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.