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Notopteridae
Clown knifefish
Chitala chitala
Male stays by wood to repel intruders
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- East Asia
- South Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Deep-bodied
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Deep-bodied
LargeClown knifefish is a freshwater fish of Asia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 122 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Bonytongues
- Family
- Notopteridae
- Genus
- Chitala
- Water type
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- deep_bodied
Class
Family
