Bagarius
The devil catfish ( Bagarius ) are a genus of fish from the family of mountain catfishes ( Sisoridae ). It includes four extant species and a fossil kind you get from the Indus and its tributaries to the Red River in Vietnam and throughout Indochina to Indonesia. In part they are caught with nets or fishing, the meat is viewed as being very quickly perishable.
Features
Devil catfish reach body lengths of 25 centimeters at Bagarius Bagarius to about two meters in Bagarius yarrelli. Your head is broad and moderately to strongly flattened. They have four barbels, of which the nasal are very short. The pair on the upper jaw has a stiffened base and a well-developed membrane and extends to the base of the pectoral fins. In the lower jaw the inner pair sits further forward and is relatively far from the outer pair. In the lower jaw there are two or three rows of numerous, closely standing conical teeth and one or two rows much larger, wide- standing conical teeth. On the palate leg sit no teeth. The gill opening is wide and the Branchiostegalmembranen are free. The dorsal fin has a strong rigid beam and seven soft rays. An adipose fin without hard radiation is present. The pectoral fins have a strong, serrate only at the back of hard radiation and nine to fourteen branched soft rays. The pelvic fins have six rays. The anal fin has 13 to 17 and the tail 17 primary rays. Devil catfish have no adhesive apparatus on the belly.
System
The genus Bagarius includes four extant species and a fossil- known kinds, the recent species were long regarded as conspecific all. The genus is placed in the subfamily of Sisorinae within the mountain catfish.
Extant species:
- Bagarius Bagarius
- Bagarius rutilus
- Bagarius suchus
- Bagarius yarrelli
Fossil Type:
- Bagarius gigas
Documents
- Alfred W. Thomson, Lawrence M. Page: Genera of the Asian Catfish Families Sisoridae and Erethistidae ( Teleostei: Siluriformes ). In: Zootaxa. 1345, 2007, pp. 1-628 ( http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/zt01345p096.pdf ).