bagara (bagara)

[Cf. Bagarius.] A scisenoid fish of California, Ment i cirrus undulatus, related to the kingfish of the eastern United States. Bagariinæ (ba-ga-ri-i'nē), n. pl. [NL., Baga rius +-inæ.] A subfamily of Siluride, having the head naked above, and the anterior and posterior nostrils close together with a barbel between them. It contains about 20 species of Asiatic and East Indian catfishes, mostly of small size, some of which are provided with a sucking-disk. Also written Bagarina.