Bagarius bagarius

Bagarius Bagarius, preserved specimens at Kunming Natural History Museum of Zoology

Bagarius Bagarius is a species from the genus of devil catfish ( Bagarius ) and the mountain catfish family ( Sisoridae ). As to 1983, all Bagarius types Bagarius Bagarius were attributed, is unclear in many details from older literature, whether they really refer to this type. The species is commercially exploited and sold fresh, the meat spoils very quickly, however, and can cause poisoning.

Features

Bagarius Bagarius is up to 25 centimeters in body length, the smallest species of the genus. Your head is broad and flattened, with large, broad, arcuate and inferior mouth and four pairs of barbels, one of which has the pair in the upper jaw, a well-educated membrane. Head and Prädorsalplatte have no clear comb. The body is colored spotty, but lacks many points to. The dorsal fin has a strong rigid beam and six soft rays. The adipose fin is where behind the 13 to 14 - rayed anal fin. The pectoral fins put on before the last ray of the dorsal fin.

Occurrence

The species colonized rapids and stony basin in medium to large rivers. It occurs on the Malay Peninsula, on the Salween, Mae Klong, Brahmaputra and Irrawaddy and possibly in the Indus as well as their tributaries.

Way of life

The species feeds on invertebrates, small fish, frogs and crustaceans. The spawning time is before the annual flooding.

Documents

• W. J. Rain Both: Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Food and Agriculture Organization, Rome, 1996, p 160
• Bagarius Bagarius on Fishbase.org (English)