WoRMS taxon details
Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)
279855 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:279855)
accepted
Species
Bagarius buchanani Bleeker, 1853 · unaccepted (synonym)
Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839 · unaccepted
Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus bagarius 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].].
page(s): 186, 378, Pl. 7 (fig. 62) [details]
page(s): 186, 378, Pl. 7 (fig. 62) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=279855 on 2026-01-16
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Bagarius buchanani Bleeker, 1853) Bleeker, P. (1853). Nalezingen op de ichthyologische fauna van Bengalen en Hindostan. <em>Verhandelingen van het Bataviaasch Genootschap van Kunsten en Wetenschappen.</em> v. 25 (art. 8): 1-164 + 165-166, Pls. 1-6. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus bagarius 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].].
page(s): 186, 378, Pl. 7 (fig. 62) [details]
original description (of Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus bagarius 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].].
page(s): 186, 378, Pl. 7 (fig. 62) [details]
original description (of Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839) Swainson, W. (1839). On the natural history and classification of fishes, amphibians, & reptiles, or monocardian animals. <em>Spottiswoode & Co., London.</em> v. 2: i-vi + 1-452. [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 (94 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bagarius buchanani Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bagarius bagarius)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2588488) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (22 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (24 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (3 publications) (from synonym Bagarius buchanani Bleeker, 1853)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Bagarius bagarius)
To Fishbase (from synonym Pachypterus luridus Swainson, 1839)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 121 proteins)
To GenBank (115 nucleotides; 121 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To IUCN Red List (Vulnerable)
To NHMUK collection (Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822; SYNTYPE; NHMUK:ecatalogue:2588488) (from synonym Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally, from synonym
