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Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1853)

Description

Dorsal soft rays (total): 24; Anal soft rays: 50.

Common Names

No common names available.

Taxonomic Hierarchy

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Clariidae

Genus: Encheloclarias

Species: Encheloclarias tapeinopterus (Bleeker, 1853)

Climate Zone

  • Tropical

    • Location

  • Asia: known only from Banka, Sumatra, Indonesia. Specimens from Borneo (Bleeker 1853, 1858) are regarded as a distinct species, Encheloclarias baculum. Sarawak is incorrectly listed as one of the known localities of this species and one specimen from Mawai, Johor, Malaysia refers to Encheloclarias kelioides.

    • Biology

    Life cycle and mating behavior

    Habitat

    benthopelagic

    Conservation Status

    Vulnerable

    Threat to Humans

    Harmless