Wallago
leerii Bleeker, 1851
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Allan James
(3) Jean-Francois
Helias (1) |
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Dorsal spines (total):
1 - 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4 - 4; Anal soft rays: 61 –
75. Mouth reaching only to anterior margin of eye; mandibular
barbel shorter than pelvic fin. Adults inhabit large streams
and rivers and enter flooded forest. Fry occur at the mouth of
small streams connected to larger rivers, where the bottom is
muddy and with overhanging vegetation. They spawn in the river
where there are sandy beds. The spawners go in pairs and deposit
eggs on the sand and they guard the eggs until they hatch. A nocturnal
predator on fishes and prawns. Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly
like other members of the same family. In the Mekong, this species
migrates into smaller streams to spawn. Fishermen along Kapuas
observed that it used to form large migratory schools in Kapuas
mainstream but such schools had become less noticeable, and this
was attributed to intensive gill netting. Usually consumed fresh
or processed as salted fish. Being a carnivore the diet consists
of fish, shrimps and other living organisms. |
| Common
Name: |
Helicopter
catfish |
| Synonyms: |
Wallagonia leerii,
Wallagonia miostoma,Wallago nebulosus, Ompok nebulosus, Wallago
miostoma, Wallagonia tweediei, Wallago tweediei |
| Family: |
Siluridaeycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Asia:
Thailand to Indonesia |
| Size:
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180cm.
(6ft) |
| Temp: |
20-25°C
(67-77°F) |
| p.H. |
5.5-7.0. |
| Reference: |
Froese,
R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2008.FishBase. World Wide Web
electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version (11/2008). |
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Family:
Siluridae
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Wallago leerii
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 Wallago
leerii
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 Wallago
leerii
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 Wallago
leerii
Caught by Jean-Francois Helias in Ratchaburi, Thailand.
Sept.21st.2008
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