Belodontichthys
dinema (Bleeker, 1851)
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Karel Zahrádka
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Dorsal soft rays (total):
4 - 4; Anal soft rays: 85 - 96. Strongly compressed head and body.
Upturned snout, profile concave above the eye. Dorsal small. Corner
of mouth below eye level. Pectoral longer than head. Caudal fin
with upper lobe slightly longer than lower lobe. There are only
two species in the genus the other one being Belodontichthys
truncatus Kottelat & Ng, 1999 from Chao Phraya and Mekong
River drainages in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam which
was previously misidentified as Belodontichthys dinema. |
| Common
Name: |
Up-Turned-Jaw
Sheathfish |
| Synonyms: |
Wallago
dinema, Belodontichthys macrochir |
| Family: |
Siluridaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Malay Peninsula, Sumtra and Borneo. Type locality:
Banjermasin. |
| Size:
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60cm. (24ins) |
| Temp: |
22-26°C
(71-79°F) |
| p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Kottelat, M.,
A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo 1993
Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi = Ikan air
tawar Indonesia Bagian Barat dan Sulawesi. Periplus Editions,
Hong Kong. 344 p.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008.FishBase.World
Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (02/2011).
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Family:
Siluridae
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Belodontichthys dinema
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 Belodontichthys
dinema
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 Belodontichthys
dinema Head view, from Palangkaraya, Central Borneo
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 Belodontichthys
dinema Showing teeth
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