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{{Short description|Species of fish}}
{{Speciesbox
| image = Clarius magur.jpg
| image_caption = From Gondia, Maharashtra, central {{wipe|India}}
| 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 |page=e.T168255A6470089 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2010-4.RLTS.T168255A6470089.en |access-date=9 April 2023}}</ref>
| taxon = Clarias magur
| 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 [[Biology:Airbreathing catfish|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 ({{lang-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 |url-status=dead }}</ref> In coastal Karnataka, it is called ''mugudu'' ({{lang-tcy|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>

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