Sucker catfish
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 Bagarius yarrelli
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Sucker catfishes or sisorid catfishes (Sisoridae) are a family of catfishes. They inhabit freshwater and originate from southern Asia, from Turkey and Syria to South China and Borneo. Most of these fish have four pairs of barbels and a large adipose fin. The maximum size is 2 m. Mostly small forms inhabit mountain streams.
[edit] Genera
- Subfamily Sisorinae
- Ayarnangra
- Bagarius
- Gagata
- Gogangra
- Nangra
- Sisor
- Subfamily Glyptosterninae
- Euchiloglanis
- Exostoma
- Glaridoglanis
- Glyptosternon
- Glyptothorax
- Hara
- Myersglanis
- Oreoglanis
- Parachiloglanis
- Pareuchiloglanis
- Pseudecheneis
- Pseudexostoma
- Sundagagata
[edit] References
- "Sisoridae". FishBase. Ed. Ranier Froese and Daniel Pauly. Mar 2007 version. N.p.: FishBase, 2007.
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