Creatures in Crisis
Photograph of Wagur (Clarias magur), recorded as Endangered
Wagur (Clarias magur). Image via Wikimedia Commons.

Endangered

Wagur

Clarias magur

Wagur is a ray-finned fish in the family Clariidae (order Siluriformes) — Clarias magur, recorded as Endangered and tied to India, Indonesia, and Bangladesh.

Status
Endangered
Scientific name
Clarias magur
Taxonomy
Siluriformes · Clariidae · Clarias

The ray-finned fish

Catfishes are typically bottom-living freshwater fishes with barbels. Cave forms lose eyes and pigment.

Range and habitat

Wagur is recorded from India, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Thailand, Sri Lanka, and Myanmar.

GBIF currently lists 234 occurrence points. Those points follow where people logged the taxon — museum drawers and surveys included — not a closed range boundary.

Pins are Wikidata “endemic to” fields. Orange dots, when present, are GBIF occurrence tiles — survey bias included.

In crisis

Wagur is Endangered on this catalog because that is the IUCN category stored on Wikidata. Confirm the official criteria and any later count on iucnredlist.org.

Sources

Written for this catalog from the English Wikipedia article on Clarias magur — often a short stub, Wikidata item Q5570295 and GBIF occurrence geography. Family and order context is original field-guide writing about the group, not a copied assessment of this one species. Wikipedia text is CC BY-SA. Not an IUCN assessment. Counts, when quoted, can change — confirm them on the recovery programme and on iucnredlist.org.

Photograph via Wikimedia Commons. Wikipedia · Wikidata · IUCN Red List.

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Quick answers

What is Wagur?
Wagur is a ray-finned fish in the family Clariidae (order Siluriformes) — Clarias magur.
What is the conservation status of Wagur?
Endangered, as the IUCN category stored on Wikidata for Clarias magur. Confirm the official assessment on iucnredlist.org.
Where does Wagur live?
Wagur is a freshwater airbreathing catfish from India and Bangladesh.
Why is Wagur in crisis?
It is Endangered on Wikidata. Read the official Red List assessment for the criteria.
Is this the IUCN Red List page for Clarias magur?
No. This is a researched catalog account. The Red List is the assessment.
Is Wagur a pet?
An animal on this catalog is in crisis in the wild. Keeping one is usually the wrong question.