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Name

Scientific name

Bagarius lica

Described by

Authority Volz, Year 1903

Family

Sisoridae

Common names

Not recorded

Photograph credits

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Summary

Bagarius lica is a very large sisorid catfish from Southeast Asia, from the Mae Khlong to the Dong Nai drainages and south through the Mala…

Size and aquarium

Maximum size

Not recorded

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Measured as
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Aquarium size

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Water

Water conditions

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Hardness

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Conductivity

Not recorded

Behaviour

Temperament

Not recorded

Social needs

Not recorded

Community suitability

Not recorded

Where it lives

Countries, regions, rivers and lakes

Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam

Writing

Etymology

Bagarius: from 'Vaghari', a local name in Calcutta (Kolkata). lica: apparently a latinisation of lika, the Malay name for this catfish in Sumatra.

Distribution

Southeast Asia, from the Mae Khlong to the Dong Nai drainages in Thailand, Laos, China, Cambodia and Vietnam, and south through Peninsular Malaysia to Sumatra,…

Habitat

Adults live on the bottom of large rivers, among boulders and often in the white water of rapids, and are not found in small streams. They migrate in schools a…

Aquarium size

Suitable only for public installations or the very largest, highly-specialised private aquaria.

Maintenance

Prefers dim lighting and access to refuges in the form of driftwood, large rocks or lengths of plastic piping. A large, mature filter system, rigorous maintena…

Water conditions

Not written yet

Diet

In the wild it feeds mainly on prawns, and also takes small fishes and aquatic insects (FishBase). Young fish can be offered chironomid larvae (bloodworm), sma…

Behaviour and compatibility

Best maintained alone.

Sexual dimorphism

Not written yet

Reproduction

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Notes

Ng & Kottelat (2021) restricted B. bagarius to the Indian subcontinent and treated Bagrus yarrelli Sykes, 1839 as its junior synonym. The large Bagarius of Sou…

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