Gagora catfish

Gagora catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Class:Actinopterygii
Order:Siluriformes
Family:Ariidae
Genus:Arius
Species: A. gagora
Binomial name
Arius gagora
(Hamilton, 1822)
Synonyms[1]
  • Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822
  • Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822)
  • Arias gagora (Hamilton, 1822)

The Gagora catfish[2] (Arius gagora) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Pimelodus.[4] It is a migratory species found in the tropical marine, brackish and freshwater of Bangladesh, Myanmar, and India.[5] It reaches a maximum standard length of 91.4 cm (36.0 in).[3]

The Gagora catfish is of commercial importance as a food fish, but over-fishing has led to a population decline in the past two decades. Due to the decline, the IUCN redlist currently lists the species as Near Threatened.[5]

References

  1. ↑ Synonyms of Arius gagora at fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Arius gagora at fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Arius gagora" in FishBase. April 2016 version.
  4. ↑ Hamilton, F., 1822 [ref. 2031] An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. Edinburgh & London. i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39.
  5. 1 2 Arius gagora at the IUCN redlist.


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