Habitat:
Occurs in streams, ponds, ditches and reservoirs.
Prefers deeper pools and tends to hide under thick
mats of vegetation. Description:
Dorsal; 55-63 rays, Anal; 39-46 rays. Head length
(from tip of snout to extremity of occipital process)
3.7-4.9 times in SL. Diet: a nocturnal
feeder on small fishes, worms, crustaceans and insects.
Benthic. Reproduction: Oviparous.
Common
Name:
Whitespotted clarias
Synonyms:
Macropteronotus fuscus
Family:
Clariidae
Distribution:
Asia:
Ishigakijama, Japan; Taiwan, and south China, northeastern
Laos, and northern Vietnam. Type locality:
China. No types known; based on an unpublished painting.
Size:
25.0cm. (10ins)
Temp:
20-25°C
(68-77°F)
p.H.
6.0-7.5.
Reference:
Kottelat, M.
2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo
5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors.
2009. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.
www.fishbase.org, version (01/2009). Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist
of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes),
and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
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