>
Siluriformes (Catfishes) >
Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Wallago: wallago;Bleeker, in 1851, took the Indian fish name, gave it generic range and used it connection with a new species. The name is "walaga" in Telugu / Tamil (Ref. 45335).
Eponymy: Lieutenant-Colonel J M van Leer was a Dutch army physician who was a colleague of Bleeker’s. He was for a time the Directing Surgeon at Samarang, East Sumatra. He provided the holotypes of these species. (Ref. 128868), visit book page.
More on author: Bleeker.
Meio ambiente: milieu / Zona climática / intervalo de profundidade / faixa de distribuição
Ecologia
; Água doce demersal; potamódromo (Ref. 138296). Tropical; 10°N - 8°S
Asia: Thailand to Indonesia. Reports of this species from the Mekong River basin are misidentifications of Wallgo micropogon (Ref. 51260).
Tamanho / Peso / Idade
Maturidade: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 150 cm TL macho/indeterminado; (Ref. 7050); peso máx. publicado: 86.0 kg (Ref. 2091)
Descrição suscinta
Chaves de identificação | Morfologia | Morfometria
Espinhos dorsais (total) : 1; Raios dorsais (total) : 4; Raios anais : 60 - 75. Differs from all other congeners by having a jet black pectoral-fin membranes. Branchiostegal rays 15-18 (Ref. 2091). Corner of mouth reaching only to anterior margin of eye (Ref. 7050).
Body shape (shape guide): elongated.
Adults inhabit large streams and rivers (Ref. 12455). Fry occur at the mouth of small streams connected to larger rivers, where the bottom is muddy and with overhanging vegetation (Ref. 56749). They feed on prawns (Ref. 56749). Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same family (Ref. 205). Fishermen along Kapuas in Indonesia 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. Usually consumed fresh or processed as salted fish (Ref. 56749). Reaches more than 150 cm TL (Ref. 7050).
Ciclo de vida ou comportamento de acasalamento
Maturidade | Reprodução | Desova | Ovos | Fecundidade | Larvas
Roberts, T.R., 1989. The freshwater fishes of Western Borneo (Kalimantan Barat, Indonesia). Mem. Calif. Acad. Sci. 14:210 p. (Ref. 2091)
Status na Lista Vermelha da UICN (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-2 (Global))
Ameaça para os humanos
Harmless
Uso pelos humanos
Pescarias: espécies comerciais
Ferramentas
Relatórios especiais
Baixar XML
Fontes da internet
Estimativas baseadas em modelos
Índice de diversidade filogenética (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00281 - 0.01127), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Nível Trófico (Ref.
69278): 4.5 ±0.80 se; based on food items.
Resiliência (Ref.
120179): Elevada, tempo mínimo de duplicação da população menor que 15 meses (Assuming Fec > 10,000).
Vulnerabilidade da pesca (Ref.
59153): Very high vulnerability (90 of 100).
🛈