Bagarius bagarius, Goonch : fisheries, gamefish

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Bagarius bagarius (Hamilton, 1822)

Goonch
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Bangladesh territory information

Common names: Bagair, Baghair, Gangetic goonch
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
Abundance: | Ref:
Importance: commercial | Ref: Anonymous, 2005
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Occurs in the Ganges basin (Ref. 27732), including Meghna River (Ref. 35669). Known from the rivers of Surma (Sylhet), Kangsha and old Brahmaputra (Mymensingh) and Titas (Comilla). Also recorded from the Karnafuli reservoir (Chittagong Hill Tracts). Also Ref. 39989, 41236.
National Checklist:
Territory Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/bg.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Rahman, A.K.A., 1989
National Database:

Common names from other countries

魾, Gaint Catfish, Pla kae, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Sisoridae (Sisorid catfishes) > Sisorinae
Etymology: Bagarius: From the local name Vaghari, in Calcuta (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Hamilton.

Taxonomic Remarks
Species data previously under Bagarius bagarius were assumed to refer to B. vegrandis and those under B. yarrelli belonged to B. lica (assumption followed distribution in Ref. 123776).

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; benthopelagic; pH range: 6.5 - 7.8; dH range: 12 - 30; potamodromous (Ref. 51243). Tropical; 18°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060)

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Asia: restricted to the Indian subcontinent.

Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 230 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 9496)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

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Main reference Upload your references | References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991. Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam, i-xxii + 543-1158, 1 pl. (Ref. 4833)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))

  Vulnerable (VU) (A2d); Date assessed: 04 February 2022

CITES

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless





Human uses

Fisheries: minor commercial; gamefish: yes
FAO - Publication: search | FishSource |

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AFORO (otoliths) | Aquatic Commons | BHL | Cloffa | Websites from users | Check FishWatcher | CISTI | Catalog of Fishes: genus, species | DiscoverLife | ECOTOX | FAO - Publication: search | Faunafri | Fishipedia | Fishtrace | GloBI | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | IGFA World Record | OneZoom | Open Tree of Life | Otolith Atlas of Taiwan Fishes | PubMed | Reef Life Survey | Socotra Atlas | TreeBase | Tree of Life | Wikipedia: Go, Search | World Records Freshwater Fishing | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804):  PD50 = 0.5078   [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00525 - 0.00794), b=3.02 (2.96 - 3.08), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).
Trophic level (Ref. 69278):  3.7   ±0.59 se; based on food items.
Resilience (Ref. 120179):  Very Low, minimum population doubling time more than 14 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153):  Very high vulnerability (90 of 100). 🛈
Price category (Ref. 80766):   Unknown.
Nutrients (Ref. 124155):  Calcium = 40 [15, 84] mg/100g; Iron = 0.536 [0.254, 1.225] mg/100g; Protein = 16 [14, 18] %; Omega3 = 0.0789 [, ] g/100g; Selenium = 47.7 [14.7, 154.7] μg/100g; VitaminA = 22 [4, 108] μg/100g; Zinc = 1.42 [0.83, 2.42] mg/100g (wet weight);