The bayad (Bagrus bajad), is a species of bagrid catfish from Africa.

This species spends nearly the whole of the daylight hours in crevices of rocks and is therefore seldom seen.

[3] Adults are exclusively piscivorous; it preys on small fish, particularly Alestes species, or Chrysichthys auratus as in Lake Kainji.

The parents build and guard the nest, which is like a flat disc with a central hole where the eggs are dropped; the size of the nest and the central hole depend on the fish size.

The bayad flesh is good eating and is of economic importance, commonly sold as food.