Bagarius yarrelli • Sisoridae • Cat-eLog • PlanetCatfish

Close-up of a mouthful of teeth!
Dorsal view
Taken at Ramganga, India
Illustration from a TB seal
Yellow steaks
Ventral view
Sankosh river, West Bengal,India

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Bagarius yarrelli** (Sykes, 1839)
Common Name(s)	Giant Devil Catfish, Goonch, Pla Kaey, Sand Shark
Type Locality	Mota Mola at Poona, Deccan, India.
Synonym(s)	Pimelodus yarrelli
Pronunciation	yar elle ee
Etymology	Bagarius: From the Bengali name of the fish (Vaghari).
Species Information
Size	1525mm (60") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	The largest of the genus.
Sexing	Unknown
Habitat Information
Distribution	Widely distributed in southern and southeastern Asia (Ganges to Java). Indus (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Indian waters, Padma, Ganges (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Mekong (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Mekong , Xe Bangfai (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) Indonesia Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
pH	7.2 - 7.6
Temperature	18.0-23.0°C or 64.4-73.4°F (Show others within this range)
Other Parameters	Cool, fast-flowing water required for this rapid dwelling fish.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Larval foods such as bloodworm and also shrimp. larger morsels (including fish) can be offered as the fish grows.
Furniture	Large, smooth and rounded stones over a sandy substrate.
Compatibility	A truly nasty predator. Reportedly eats scales and fin parts of large fish kept with it. Will eat anything smaller.
Breeding	Unknown. To quote Baensch Vol. II, ''Who wants to breed this demon, anyway?'' !
Further Information
References	Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.1838 (pt 6) - pp163
Registered Keepers	(1) arapaima, (2) Silurus, (3) redtigrinus, (4) Redtailrob (k: 2), who also notes: "Does much better at lower temperatures. Provide excellent water flow & Aeration", (5) miles3, (6) Stackdeck (k: 2), (7) arapaimag, who also notes: "Never grew very large (37") always bullied by my female Wallago leerii.". Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species. Add this species to your "my cats" page.
Breeding Reports	None.
More Resources	- Search Planet Catfish for more on Bagarius yarrelli - BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts) - Look up Bagarius yarrelli on AquaticRepublic.com - Look up Bagarius yarrelli on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search. - URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)
Hits	24424 hits.
Last Update	2006 Feb 10 00:00 (species record created: 2002 Jan 21 00:00)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes, 1839)

Common Name(s)

Giant Devil Catfish, Goonch, Pla Kaey, Sand Shark

Type Locality

Mota Mola at Poona, Deccan, India.

Synonym(s)

Pimelodus yarrelli

Pronunciation

yar elle ee

Etymology

Bagarius: From the Bengali name of the fish (Vaghari).

Species Information

Size

1525mm (60") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

The largest of the genus.

Sexing

Unknown

Habitat Information

Distribution

Widely distributed in southern and southeastern Asia (Ganges to Java).
Indus (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Indian waters, Padma, Ganges (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Mekong Show it on a map

(hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Mekong Show it on a map

, Xe Bangfai (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)
Indonesia Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there)

7.2 - 7.6

Temperature

18.0-23.0°C or 64.4-73.4°F (Show others within this range)

Other Parameters

Cool, fast-flowing water required for this rapid dwelling fish.

Husbandry Information

Feeding

Larval foods such as bloodworm and also shrimp. larger morsels (including fish) can be offered as the fish grows.

Furniture

Large, smooth and rounded stones over a sandy substrate.

Compatibility

A truly nasty predator. Reportedly eats scales and fin parts of large fish kept with it. Will eat anything smaller.

Breeding

Unknown. To quote Baensch Vol. II, ''Who wants to breed this demon, anyway?'' !

Further Information

References

Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond.1838 (pt 6) - pp163

Registered Keepers

(1) arapaima, (2) Silurus, (3) redtigrinus, (4) Redtailrob (k: 2), who also notes: "Does much better at lower temperatures. Provide excellent water flow & Aeration", (5) miles3, (6) Stackdeck (k: 2), (7) arapaimag, who also notes: "Never grew very large (37") always bullied by my female Wallago leerii.".

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Breeding Reports

None.

More Resources

- Search Planet Catfish for more on Bagarius yarrelli
Link

- BBcode (for use in linking to this page from forum posts)
Look up AquaticRepublic.com

- Look up Bagarius yarrelli on AquaticRepublic.com
Look up Fishbase

- Look up Bagarius yarrelli on Fishbase, I.T.I.S. or ispecies search.
Link

- URL (for use in linking to the species from anywhere on the web)

Hits

24424 hits.

Last Update

2006 Feb 10 00:00 (species record created: 2002 Jan 21 00:00)

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