Wallago
micropogon
Ng, 2004
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Family:
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Siluridae
(Sheatfishes)
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Google Image (not verified) http://www.ccfishery.net
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Order:
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Siluriformes
(catfish)
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Class:
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Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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In this site name:
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Max. size:
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154 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 51260) |
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Environment: |
demersal; freshwater
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Climate: |
tropical |
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Importance:
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Resilience: |
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Distribution:
ccfishery.net
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Asia: Mekong River drainage between Dau Tieng in southern Vietnam and Luang Prabang in northern Laos; also middle Chao Phraya River drainage in Thailand.
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Morphology:
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Dorsal
soft rays
(total): 5 - 5;
Anal
soft rays: 68 – 73;
Vertebrae: 63 – 65. Distinguished by the following characters: 14-16 branchiostegal rays; 14-16 gill rakers on first branchial arch; 68-73 anal fin rays; small gape extending to anterior margin of eye; pelvic fin length 8.9-10.6% SL; small eye, 8.7-10.1% HL; maxillary barbels reaching to middle of pectoral-fin base; rounded pectoral fin in which the fourth branched pectoral ray is the longest; pectoral spine length 14.3-16.7% SL; dark colored body with a few pale spots forming a mottled pattern; and 63-65 vertebrae (Ref. 51260).
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Biology: |
Feeds strictly on fishes.
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Red List Status: |
Not in IUCN Red List (Ref. 57073)
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Dangerous:
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harmless
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