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Wallago maculatus (Asian catfish)

Synonyms: Wallagonia maculatus (homotypic)
Language: Finnish; Mandarin Chinese

Wikipedia Abstract

Wallagonia maculatus is a species of catfish in the Siluridae family (the sheatfishes) endemic to Malaysia, where it is known only from Sabah in northern Borneo. This species grows up to a length of 100 centimetres (39 in) SL. Until osteological research validated the genus Wallagonia in 2014, W. maculatus was included in the genus Wallago.
View Wikipedia Record: Wallago maculatus

Endangered Species

Status: Vulnerable
View IUCN Record: Wallago maculatus

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0