Cephalocassis
borneensis (Bleeker, 1851) |
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| Johnny
Jensen's Photographic Library (1) |
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| Relevant
Information: |
Head about as deep as wide;
rounded snout; without teeth on palate. Occurs in large lowland
rivers. Diets consists of bivalve mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic
macrophytes and plant detritus. Caught with trawls, seines, and
traps. Marketed fresh. |
| Common
Name: |
None |
| Synonyms: |
Hemipimelodus borneensis,
Hemipimelodus siamensis, Pimelodus borneensis |
| Family: |
Ariidae
mblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South
and southeast Asia: Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia, Laos,
Vietnam and Indonesia. Type locality: Sambas, western
Borneo, Indonesia. |
| Size:
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30cm. (12inch) |
| Temp: |
12-26°c
(61 -79°f ) |
| p.H. |
7.0 -8.5. |
| Reference: |
Marceniuk, Alexandre
P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics
of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition
of the genera" Zootaxa 1416: 1–126.
Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong.
FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO,
Rome, 265 p. |
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