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Wallagonia maculatus (Inger & Chin, 1959)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4; Anal soft rays: 60 - 66. The diferences between Wallago and Wallagonia are complex and are due to the different bone structures. Habitat: Adults inhabit rivers as well as small forest tributaries. Wallagonia was placed by Myers (1948) and nearly all subsequent authors as a junior synonym of Wallago, but it is was later recognised as a distinct genus by Roberts, T. R. 2014. Aquarium Care: Only juveniles can be kept in aquaria and fed on tablet food, beef heart and similar foods. Adult fish are not deemed suitable for aquarium keeping due to the size, verocity and its feeding needs for living fish. A few internet searches still throw up the old name of Wallago maculatus. Remarks: Wallagonia maculatus is cited in Eschmyer's Catalog of Fishes as uncertain as it may be a synonym of W. leeri.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Wallago maculatus

Family:

Siluridae

Distribution:

Asia: Northeastern Borneo. Type locality: Known only from Sabah, northern Borneo, Malaysia.

Size:

100.0cm. (40ins)

Temp:

22-26°C (71-79°F)

p.H.

6.0-7.0.

Reference:

Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2022. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 08/2022 ).
Kevin A. Swagel: Field Museum of Natural History - Department of Zoology.
Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia (1):92-97.
Ng, P.K.L., 1992. The giant Malayan catfish, Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851, and the identities of Wallagonia tweediei Hora & Misra, 1941, and Wallago maculatus Inger & Chin, 1959 (Teleostei: Siluridae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 40(2):245-263.

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Wallagonia maculatus
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