A type of small freshwater fish found in Southeast Asian waters.
Etymology uncertain, likely from Southeast Asian indigenous languages or Portuguese colonial-era nautical terminology. The term appears in historical accounts of Southeast Asian fish species.
Many fish species got their common English names from colonial traders and fishermen phonetically attempting to spell local names—bagganet may be one of these linguistic loans that preserve the sound of an original language even if we've lost the exact meaning.
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