Wallagonia leerii
| Striped wallago catfish | |
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| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Wallagonia [1] G. S. Myers, 1938 |
| Species: | W. leerii |
| Binomial name | |
| Wallagonia leerii (Bleeker, 1851) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851 | |
Wallagonia leerii also known as the Striped wallago catfish or Helicopter catfish is a species of catfish which ranges from Thailand to Indonesia.[2] It can grow up to two meters in length and weigh 78 kilograms.[3] These species is the only member of its genus.[1] It is one of the fish species that has been used as food in Southeast Asia since ancient times.[4]
Mating
In July, adults migrate downstream to flooded grasslands to spawn. At night, the eggs are spawned near the surface.[5]
References
- 1 2 Roberts, T.R. (2014): Wallago Bleeker, 1851 and Wallagonia Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †Wallago maemohensis from the Miocene of Thailand. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55 (1): 35-47.
- ↑ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2015). "Wallago leerii" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- ↑ Hamzah, J. (2013). "A 78.00kg monster tapah (wallago leeri) on lure in Pahang river, Malaysia". Mega Fishing in Thailand.
- ↑ Charles Higham, A. Kijnga ed. The Origins of the Civilization of Angkor: Volume VI The Iron Age. page 43. IV 'The Fish Remains'
- ↑ "Wallago leeri". Mekong River Commission. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
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