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Silurichthys schneideri  Volz, 1904
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ScotCat Sources:
Etymology = Genus
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Relevant Information: Seems to inhabit fast-flowing mountain streams with a sandy or rocky bottom and can be found hiding under rocks.
Common Name: None
Synonyms: Silurichthys leucopodus  
Family: Siluridaeycipitidae
Distribution: Asia: known only from northern Sumatra in Indonesia, northern Peninsular Malaysia, southern and south-eastern Thailand and southern Cambodia. Type locality: Upper Langkat, Danau near Sukaranda [Sumatra].
Size: 16cm. (6¼ins)
Temp: 22-26°C (71-79F)
p.H. 6.0-7.0.
Reference: Ng, H.H. and P.K.L. Ng 1998 A revision of the South-east Asian catfish genus Silurichthys. J. Fish Biol. 52(2):291-333.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly
. Editors. 2009.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (04/2009).
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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Family:  Siluridae

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