Tapah

[JD Winata]

Wallago leerii in Indonesia

Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851
Family: Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
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Order: Siluriformes (catfish)
Class: Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
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Max. size: 180 cm SL (male/unsexed; Ref. 43281); max. published weight: 96.0 kg (Ref. 9497)
Environment: demersal; potamodromous; freshwater
Climate: tropical; 10°N - 8°S
Global Importance: fisheries: commercial
Resilience:
Distribution: Asia: Thailand to Indonesia.
Diagnosis: Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-4; Anal soft rays: 61-75. Mouth reaching only to anterior margin of eye; mandibular barbel shorter than pelvic fin (Ref. 12693).
Biology: Inhabits large streams and rivers (Ref. 12455). Enters flooded forest (Ref. 9497). A nocturnal predator on fishes (Ref. 12693). In the Mekong, this species migrates into smaller streams to spawn (Ref. 37770). Fishermen of Kapuas observed that it used to form large migratory schools in Kapuas mainstream but such schools had become less noticeable, and this was attributed to intensive gill netting
Threatened: Not in IUCN Red List , (Ref. 36508)
Dangerous: harmless
Coordinator:
Main Ref: Roberts, T.R.. 1989. (Ref. 2091)
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Common names: Tapah Ref: Schuster, W.H. and R. Djajadiredja, 1952
Status: native Ref: Ng, P.K.L., 1992
Salinity: freshwater
Uses: no uses
Comments: Reported from Lake Tundai, South Borneo (Ref. 42107). Museum: Djambi, Sumatra, ZMA 114.407. Borneo: Pleyharie River, RMNH 15937; Kapuas, CAS 49405, MZB 3674-75; Kapuas River, ZMA 114.400; Mahakam River, RMNH 7812 (Holotype of W. nebulosus). Also Ref. 12455.
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Information: http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/...k/geos/id.html
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Roberts, T.R., 1989