Laides

Laides
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Schilbeidae
Genus: Laides
Jordan, 1919
Type species
Pangasius hexanema
Bleeker, 1852
Species

Laides hexanema
(Bleeker, 1852)
Laides longibarbis
(Fowler, 1934)
Synonyms

Laïs Bleeker, 1857

Laides is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Schilbeidae. It includes two species, L. hexanema and L. longibarbis.[1] L. hexanema is distributed in Thailand to Indonesia, in large rivers, including the Mekong. L. longibarbis originates from the Mekong, Mehklong, and Chao Phraya River basins.[1]

L. hexanema grows to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) TL; it is found in large rivers and feeds on small fishes.[2] L. longibarbis grows to 14.2 cm (5.6 in) SL; it inhabits large rivers with turbid and slow or standing waters and feeds on fishes and zooplankton [3] Both species are oviparous and do not guard their eggs.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628. http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf. 
  2. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Laides hexanema" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer, and Daniel Pauly, eds. (2008). "Laides longibarbis" in FishBase. Sep 2008 version.