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Synonyms. Pimelodus yarrelli Sykes, 1839. Bagarius yarrelli, also known as the giant devil catfish or goonch, is a very large species of catfish in the genus Bagarius found in rivers in the Indian subcontinent. The species reaches up to 2 m (6.6 ft) in length. [2] It may be synonymous with B. bagarius.
Pimelodus bagarius Hamilton, 1822. Bagarius bagarius, also known as the giant devil catfish or goonch ( Assamese: গৰুৱা gorua, Bengali: বাঘাইর ), is a species of catfish in the genus Bagarius. It is generally reported as being found in large and medium rivers in South Asia, [3] and is likely synonymous with B. yarrelli.
Kali River goonch attacks. The Kali River goonch attacks were a series of fatal attacks on humans believed to be perpetrated by a goonch weighing 90 kilograms (200 lb) [1] in three villages on the banks of the Kali River in India and Nepal, between 1998 and 2007. This is the subject of a TV documentary aired on 22 October 2008, [citation needed ...
Bagarius suchus Roberts, 1983 (Crocodile catfish) Bagarius vegrandis Ng & Kottelat, 2021 (Dwarf goonch catfish) Bagarius yarrelli (Sykes, 1839) (goonch catfish) (doubtfully distinct from B. bagarius) A 2021 study found the giant devil catfish (Bagarius yarrelli) to be synonymous with B. bagarius. [2] Bagarius lica may be synonymous with ...
Featured animals: Goonch catfish golden mahseer, gharial, giant snakehead. Gharial crocodile On his first River Monsters investigation, Wade was propelled into a mountain river by a goonch catfish as big as himself. Ten years on, he fears such fish are now extinct until he hears a report from Nepal that sounds strangely familiar. A man was ...
Catfish (or catfishes; order Siluriformes / s ɪ ˈ lj ʊər ɪ f ɔːr m iː z / or Nematognathi) are a diverse group of ray-finned fish.Named for their prominent barbels, which resemble a cat's whiskers, catfish range in size and behavior from the three largest species alive, the Mekong giant catfish from Southeast Asia, the wels catfish of Eurasia, and the piraíba of South America, to ...
Jeremy Wade in 2011. Jeremy John Wade (born 23 March 1956) is a British television presenter, an author of books on angling, and a biologist. He is known for his television series River Monsters, Mighty Rivers and Dark Waters. He is regarded as one of the most accomplished fishermen of all time, having traveled the world and caught a multitude ...
12 award-winning underwater photos give rare glimpses beneath the world's oceans. Talia Lakritz. September 12, 2024 at 2:55 PM. A crested sculpin in Alaska. Shane Gross/Ocean Photographer of the ...