Clarias magur

{{Short description|Species of fish}} {{Speciesbox | status = EN | status_system = IUCN3.1 | status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 9 April 2023">{{cite iucn |author=Vishwanath, Waikhom |date=2010 |title=''Clarias majur'' |volume=2010 |article-number=e.T168255A6470089 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168255A6470089.en |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref> | taxon = Clarias magur | image_alt = Clarias magur Mintern | image_caption = Clarias magur Mintern | image = Clarias_magur_Mintern_112.jpg | authority = (Hamilton, 1822) | synonyms_ref = <ref name="iucn status 9 April 2023"/> | synonyms = {{Species list| Macropteronotus jagur|Hamilton, 1822| Macropteronotus magur|Hamilton, 1822| Plotosus hamiltonii|Swainson, 1839 }} }}

'''''Clarias magur''''' is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish from India and Bangladesh. It was recognized as species distinct from ''Clarias batrachus'' in 2008.<ref name=NgKottelat>Ng, Heok Hee, and Kottelat, Maurice (2008). ''The identity of Clarias batrachus (Linnaeus, 1758), with the designation of a neotype (Teleostei: Clariidae).'' Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 153: 725–732.</ref>

== As food == ''Clarias magur'' is eaten in Bangladesh and West Bengal as magur curry ({{langx|bn|মাগুর মাছের ঝোল}}), and is considered good during illness, particularly for body weakness. It is prepared in a light curry sauce with coriander powder and cinnamon powder. It reportedly is fed to children to develop body strength.{{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}

In Karnataka, ''C. magur'' is called ''murgodu'' (ಮುರ‍್ಗೋಡು).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://parisaramahiti.kar.nic.in/fish/f169.htm |title=Fresh water fish |access-date=2016-12-13 |archive-date=2009-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090410105842/http://parisaramahiti.kar.nic.in/fish/f169.htm }}</ref> In coastal Karnataka, it is called ''mugudu'' ಮುಗುಡು, In Manipur, it is called nga-kra and is considered a delicacy.<ref>{{cite news|title=A fun-filled day of 'Mugudu' fishing|url=http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/article3338367.ece|newspaper=The Hindu}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

magur Category:Fish described in 1822