Can walk and leave the water
to migrate to other water bodies using its auxiliary
breathing organs. Description: Dorsal
spines (total): 0. Anterior edge of pectoral spine
strongly serrated; head length (from tip of snout
to extremity of occipital process) 4.0-4.3 times in
SL; blackish body. Habitat: Lives
in lowland wetlands, bogs and peats. Found in swamps
with slightly acidic water. Occur in standing water
habitats.
Asia:
Mekong River basin, and Sumatra, Borneo and Java,
also the Philippines. Type locality:
Batavia.
Size:
30.0cm. (12ins)
Temp:
20-27°C
(67-81°F)
p.H.
6.2-7.0.
Reference:
Kottelat, M. 2001
Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5,
Sri Lanka. 198 p. 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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