Wallago
| Wallago | |
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| Wallago micropogon | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Wallago Bleeker, 1851 |
| Synonyms | |
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Silurodon Kner, 1866 | |
Wallago is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Siluridae, or sheatfish. They are found in rivers throughout southern Asia.[1] Though the genus contains more than one species, the name "wallago" is also used specifically as a common name for Wallago attu.
Taxonomy
The monophyly of this genus is ambiguous and it is not diagnosed by any synapomorphies.[1][2]
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species in this genus:
- Wallago attu (Bloch & J. G. Schneider, 1801) (Wallago)
- Wallago hexanema (Kner, 1866)
- Wallago maculatus Inger & P. K. Chin, 1959
- Wallago micropogon H. H. Ng, 2004
Description
The wallago species are large, predatory catfishes.[1] They have five rays in their dorsal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and has pointed lobes; it is disconnected from the anal fin, which differs from some of the other silurid genera.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Ng, H.H. (2004). "Wallago micropogon: A New Species of Silurid Catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from Mainland Southeast Asia". Copeia, 2004 (1): 92–97.
- ↑ Roberts, T.R. (1982). "Systematics and Geographical Distribution of the Asian Silurid Catfish Genus Wallago, with a Key to the Species". Copeia, 1982 (4): 890–894.