WoRMS taxon details
Arius gagora (Hamilton, 1822)
275572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:275572)
accepted
Species
Arias gagora (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822) · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 167, 376, Pl. 10 (fig. 54) [details]
page(s): 167, 376, Pl. 10 (fig. 54) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Arius gagora (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=275572 on 2026-07-09
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822) Hamilton, F. (1822). An account of the fishes found in the river Ganges and its branches. <em>Edinburgh & London.</em> i-vii + 1-405, Pls. 1-39. [Often seen as Hamilton-Buchanan or Buchanan-Hamilton; in work as Hamilton [formerly Buchanan].]., available online at https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.6897
page(s): 167, 376, Pl. 10 (fig. 54) [details]
page(s): 167, 376, Pl. 10 (fig. 54) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2026). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (04/2025)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (9 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arius gagora)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Arias gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius gagora USNM 297126 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius gagora USNM 297126 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications) (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (21 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Arius gagora)
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To FishBase (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To FishBase (from synonym Arias gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus gagora Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins) (from synonym Tachysurus gagora (Hamilton, 1822))
To GenBank (23 nucleotides; 20 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Near Threatened)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius gagora USNM 297126 photograph dorsal view)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Arius gagora USNM 297126 photograph lateral view)
To ITIS
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
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