/plotosidae/porochilus/obbesi/1.jpg "Porochilus obbesi(1) Lateral view - Click to enlarge")
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 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Porochilus obbesi Weber, 1913 |
| Common Name(s) | None |
| Type Locality | Lorentz River at Sabang, New Guinea. |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 100mm (3.9") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| General Remarks | Lives in slow-flowing streams, backwaters, swamps and lily lagoons, usually among aquatic weeds such as eel grass. Also found in lakes. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Central-southern New Guinea (Papua Province, Indonesia and Papua New Guinea) and northern Australia. New Guinea Waters, Central New Guinea Waters (hover or click on these areas to show maps or find other species found there) |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds on insects, prawns and molluscs in nature. |
| Further Information | |
| References | Weber [M.] 1913:523, Figs. 4-5 [Süsswasserfische aus Niederländisch Süd- und Nord-Neu-Guinea. v. 9 (livr. 4). Allen, G.R. 1989 Freshwater fishes of Australia. T.F.H. Publications, Inc., Neptune City, New Jersey. |
| Registered Keepers | (1) snowball (k: 3), who also notes: "Collected in NT, 2007". Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.  Add this species to your "my cats" page. |
| Breeding Reports | None. |
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| Last Update | 2011 Feb 09 09:20 (species record created: 2011 Feb 05 20:52) |
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