Gagata

Gagata is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.

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KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassTeleostei
OrderSiluriformes
FamilySisoridae

Habitatbrackish, freshwater

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Specimen records: 21
Family: Sisoridae
Collections: AUM, CAS, USNM, NHMUK, FMNH, UF
Recorded in: Bangladesh, Thailand, India, Pakistan, Malaysia, Myanmar

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Gagata is a genus of sisorid catfishes native to Asia.

==Species== There are currently eight recognized species in this genus: Gagata cenia (Hamilton, 1822) Gagata dolichonema (He, 1996) Gagata gagata (Hamilton, 1822) Gagata itchkeea (Sykes, 1839) Gagata melanopterus (Roberts & Ferraris, 1998) Gagata pakistanica (Mirza, Parveen & Javed, 1999) Gagata rhodobarbus Bhakat & Sinha, 2019 Gagata sexualis (Tilak, 1970)

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