Bagarius

Bagarius (Thai: ปลาแค้) is an Asian genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Sisoridae. It includes four extant species, (see below), and one extinct species, B. gigas.

Species

There are currently four recognized, extant species in this genus:

Distribution

Bagarius species inhabit south and southeast Asia. They are distributed in the Indus drainage in Pakistan and India, east (including peninsular India) to the Red River drainage in Vietnam and south throughout Indochina including the Malay Peninsula and Indonesia.B. bagarius is known from the Ganges River, Chao Phraya, and the Mekong drainages, as well as the Malay Peninsula and the Salween and Mae Klong drainages and the Brahmaputra River and Ayeyarwady River.B. suchus originates from the Mekong and Chao Phraya basins.B. rutilus inhabits the Red River and Ma River in northern Vietnam.B. yarelli is widely distributed in southern and southeastern Asia.