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Siluridae
Mekong club-barbel sheatfish
Hemisilurus mekongensis
Eighty Centimeters Catfish of Asian Waters
- Tropical
- Local endemic species
- Restricted distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Asia (unspecified)
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Restricted distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeMekong club-barbel sheatfish is a freshwater fish of Asia. The species occupies freshwater habitats. Records give a maximum length of 80 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Hemisilurus
- Maximum length
- 80 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: endemic to the Mekong basin.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
