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Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Bagarius lica** Volz, 1903
Common Names	Devil Catfish Lika (Malaysia), Pla Kaey (Thailand), Sumatra-djævlemalle (Denmark)
Type Locality	Moresi River [Musi River] at Palembang, Sumatra, Indonesia.
Pronunciation	bag are ee uss
Etymology	Bagarius: From the Bengali name of the fish (Vaghari). According to Volz, lika is the local (Malay) name for this fish.
Species Information
Size	1500mm or 59.1" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Southeast Asia. Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Mekong, Xe Bangfai (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters, Batang Hari (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, Western Borneo Waters, Kapuas (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Pahang (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, East Borneo Waters, Mahakam (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters, Musi (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, Barito (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2022.
Other Parameters	Clean, fast-flowing water is required for this flowing river-dwelling fish.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Larval foods such as bloodworm and also shrimp. larger morsels (including fish) can be offered as the fish grows. User data.
Furniture	Large, smooth and rounded stones over a sandy substrate.
Compatibility	In nature, it is a truly excellent predator, typically hunting in groups. In captivity, exhibits very anti-social behaviour so introduce other (large) fishes with extreme care as it reportedly eats scales and fin parts of some large fish kept with it. Will eat anything smaller.
Breeding	Unreported in the aquarium. To quote Baensch Vol. II, ''Who wants to breed this demon, anyway?''.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Zoologischer Anzeiger v. 26 (no. 703), pp 557.
Registered Keepers	There are 3 registered keepers, view all "my cats" data.
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Spotters	Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There are 9 records of this fish being seen, view them all.
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Last Update	2021 May 10 00:40 (species record created: 2021 Jan 29 05:10)