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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).
Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range
Écologie
; eau douce démersal. Tropical
Asia: known only from Sabah, northern Borneo, Malaysia.
Taille / Poids / Âge
Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm
Max length : 100.0 cm SL mâle / non sexé; (Ref. 12455)
Description synthétique
Clés d'identification | Morphologie | Morphométrie
Épines dorsales (Total) : 1; Rayons mous dorsaux (Total) : 4; Rayons mous anaux: 60 - 66.
Adults inhabit rivers as well as small forest tributaries. Also Ref. 84801.
Life cycle and mating behavior
Maturité | Reproduction | Frai | Œufs | Fécondité | Larves
Ng, P.K.L., 1992. The giant Malayan catfish, Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851, and the identities of Wallagonia tweediei Hora & Misra, 1941, and Wallago maculatus Inger & Chin, 1959 (Teleostei: Siluridae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 40(2):245-263. (Ref. 12455)
Statut dans la liste rouge de l'IUCN (Ref. 130435: Version 2024-2)
Menace pour l'homme
Harmless
Utilisations par l'homme
Pêcheries: commercial
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Estimates based on models
Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref.
82804): PD
50 = 0.5312 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].
Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00562 (0.00279 - 0.01132), b=3.00 (2.83 - 3.17), in cm total length, based on LWR estimates for this (Sub)family-body shape (Ref.
93245).
Niveau trophique (Ref.
69278): 4.4 ±0.8 se; based on size and trophs of closest relatives
Résilience (Ref.
120179): Haut, temps minimum de doublement de population inférieur à 15 mois (Assuming Fec > 10,000).
Fishing Vulnerability (Ref.
59153): High to very high vulnerability (73 of 100).