WoRMS taxon details
Gagata gagata (Hamilton, 1822)
280807 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:280807)
accepted
Species
Gagata typus Bleeker, 1863 · unaccepted
Pimelodus gagata Hamilton, 1822 · unaccepted
(of Pimelodus gagata 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): 197, 379, Pl. 39 (fig. 65) [details]
page(s): 197, 379, Pl. 39 (fig. 65) [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2026). FishBase. Gagata gagata (Hamilton, 1822). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=280807 on 2026-07-11
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Gagata typus Bleeker, 1863) Bleeker, P. (1863). Systema Silurorum revisum. <em>Nederlandsch Tijdschrift voor de Dierkunde.</em> v. 1: 77-122. [details]
original description (of Pimelodus gagata 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): 197, 379, Pl. 39 (fig. 65) [details]
original description (of Pimelodus gagata 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): 197, 379, Pl. 39 (fig. 65) [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 (10 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus gagata Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gagata gagata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gagata typus Bleeker, 1863)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus gagata Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Gagata gagata Hamilton, 1822; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589760)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Pimelodus gagata Hamilton, 1822)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Gagata gagata)
To Fishbase (from synonym Gagata typus Bleeker, 1863)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins) (from synonym Pimelodus gagata Hamilton, 1822)
To GenBank (11 nucleotides; 11 proteins)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NHMUK collection (Gagata gagata Hamilton, 1822; SYNTYPE(S); NHMUK:ecatalogue:2589760)
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
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