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Species related to Bagarius bagarius: [ 4 ] records


yarrelli, Bagrus Sykes [W. H.] 1839:163 [Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1838 (pt 6) (for 27 Nov. 1838); ref. 18720] Mota Mola [Mula-Mutha River] at Poona, Deccan, India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155]. Appeared first as above, then in Sykes 1839:60 [ref. 4306]; more complete treatment in Sykes 1841:370, Pl. 65 (fig. 1) [ref. 18868]. •Valid as Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes 1839) -- (Roberts 1989:133 [ref. 6439], Burgess 1989:133 [ref. 12860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:623 [ref. 20764] as yarrellii, Kottelat et al. 1993:76 [ref. 23448], Zhu 1995:151 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:160 [ref. 22772], Kottelat 1998:105 [ref. 23436], Yang in Chen 1998:293 [ref. 23556], Ng & Rachmatika 1999:180 [ref. 23964], Chu in Chu et al. 1999:117 [ref. 24534], Tan & Ng 1999:290 [ref. 24254], Ng & Kottelat 2000:11 [ref. 25042], Kottelat 2001:54 [ref. 25482] as yarrellii, Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662], Kottelat 2001:136 [ref. 25780], Roberts 2001:81 [ref. 25907], Diogo et al. 2002:101 [ref. 26412] as yarreli, Kottelat & Widjanarti 2005:163 [ref. 28284], Jayaram 2006:204 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:28 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:163 [ref. 29923], Kottelat 2013:221 [ref. 32989], Kottelat 2015:46 [ref. 33971], Zhang et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9572 [ref. 39347], Taki et al. 2021:303 [ref. 39830]). •Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:234 [ref. 24904], Ng & Kottelat 2021:140 [ref. 38128]). Current status: Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

buchanani, Bagarius Bleeker [P.] 1853:121 [Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen. v. 25 (art. 8); ref. 341] Hooghly River, Calcutta, India; Pepeh River, Surakata, central Java, Indonesia. Syntypes: (3) NMV 46015 (1). Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:384 [ref. 29155]. Regarded as a replacement name for Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton 1822 to avoid Strickland tautonymy. See van Oijen et al. 2009:183 [ref. 30423]. •Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:235 [ref. 24904], Jayaram 2006:203 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:27 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155], Ng & Kottelat 2021:140 [ref. 38128]). Current status: Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.

bagarius, Pimelodus Hamilton [F.] 1822:186, 378, Pl. 7 (fig. 62) [An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges; ref. 2031] Ganges River, India [rivers at Kolkata]. Syntypes: BMNH 1857.6.13.151 [ex Zool. Soc.] (1). Hamilton's original illustration reproduced by Britz 2019:Pl. 105 [ref. 37532]. •Valid as Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Alfred 1966:39 [ref. 42625], Shrestha 1978:38 [ref. 15970], Burgess 1989:133 [ref. 12860], Ataur Rahman 1989:222 [ref. 24860], Talwar & Jhingran 1991:622 [ref. 20764], Sen 1995:571 [ref. 23778], Zhu 1995:151 [ref. 25213], Rainboth 1996:160 [ref. 22772], Vu & Nguyen 1997:27 [ref. 26438], Kottelat 1998:105 [ref. 23436], Yue & Chen 1998:231 [ref. 26415], Chu in Chu et al. 1999:116 [ref. 24534], Menon 1999:234 [ref. 24904], Ng & Kottelat 2000:11 [ref. 25042], Freyhof et al. 2000:96 [ref. 25184], Rafique 2000:325 [ref. 25220], Karmakar 2000:33 [ref. 25662] as Begarius begarius, Yadav 2000:41 [ref. 25661], Kottelat 2001:54 [ref. 25482], Kottelat 2001:135 [ref. 25780], Rafique et al. 2003:97 [ref. 27173], Mirza 2003:18 [ref. 27265], Yadav 2003:21 [ref. 27711], Ataur Rahman 2003:245 [ref. 31338], Jayaram 2006:202 [ref. 28762], Thomson & Page 2006:27 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155], Shrestha 2008:166 [ref. 29923], Ahmed et al. 2013:286 [ref. 32872], Gurung et al. 2013:4884 [ref. 32969], Kottelat 2013:221 [ref. 32989], Zhang et al. 2016:170 [ref. 34477], Fu et al. 2021:9572 [ref. 39347], Ng & Kottelat 2021:140 [ref. 38128], Taki et al. 2021:303 [ref. 39830], Kosygin et al. 2022:663 [ref. 40736], Tudu et al. 2022:43 [ref. 40484], Gupta et al. 2024:101 [ref. 41453], Jawad et al. 2025:182 [ref. 42185], Zeng et al. 2025:1134 [ref. 42212], Limbu et al. 2026:176 [ref. 42945]). Current status: Valid as Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Distribution: South Asia: Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Xizang Region (China). IUCN (2022): Vulnerable. Invasive in Iraq. Habitat: freshwater.

carnaticus, Pimelodus Jerdon [T. C.] 1849:341 [Madras Journal of Literature and Science v. 15 (pt 2); ref. 4902] Bowany River, southern India. No types known. Type catalog: Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155]. •Synonym of Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes 1839) -- (Thomson & Page 2006:28 [ref. 28859], Ferraris 2007:383 [ref. 29155], Kottelat 2013:221 [ref. 32989]). •Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822) -- (Menon 1999:234 [ref. 24904], Ng & Kottelat 2021:140 [ref. 38128]). Current status: Synonym of Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton 1822). Sisoridae: Sisorinae. Habitat: freshwater.


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