Encheloclarias curtisoma • Clariidae • Cat-eLog

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Scientific Name	**Encheloclarias curtisoma** Ng & Lim, 1993
Common Name(s)	Bladefin Catfish
Type Locality	Blackwater stream, peat swamp forest at 39 km milestone on road to Tanjong Malim from Sungei Basar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Etymology	Greek, enchelys, = eel + see under Clarias
Species Information
Size	82mm (3.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Catfishes of the genus Encheloclarias are restricted to the blackwater habitats of Sundaic Southeast Asia. They are the most poorly-known of Asian clariid catfishes and are easily distinguished from Asian Clarias by the presence of a moderately long adipose fin that is not supported by extensions of the neural spines.
Sexing	In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: known so far from Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Occurs in a stream about 3 m wide and half a meter deep in a peat swamp forest. The stream has a soft and peaty substrate, covered with large pieces of wood and submerged branches.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 1), pp32, Figs. 9-10.
Registered Keepers	(1) Silurus. Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.
Breeding Reports	None.
Articles	- CotM 2007 January
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Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Encheloclarias curtisoma Ng & Lim, 1993

Common Name(s)

Bladefin Catfish

Type Locality

Blackwater stream, peat swamp forest at 39 km milestone on road to Tanjong Malim from Sungei Basar, Selangor, Malaysia.

Etymology

Greek, enchelys, = eel + see under Clarias

Species Information

Size

82mm (3.2") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Catfishes of the genus Encheloclarias are restricted to the blackwater habitats of Sundaic Southeast Asia. They are the most poorly-known of Asian clariid catfishes and are easily distinguished from Asian Clarias by the presence of a moderately long adipose fin that is not supported by extensions of the neural spines.

Sexing

In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: known so far from Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia.
Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there)

(Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)

Husbandry Information

Furniture

Occurs in a stream about 3 m wide and half a meter deep in a peat swamp forest. The stream has a soft and peaty substrate, covered with large pieces of wood and submerged branches.

Breeding

Unreported.

Further Information

References

Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 1), pp32, Figs. 9-10.

Registered Keepers

(1) Silurus.

Click on a username above to see all that persons registered catfish species. You can also view all "my cats" data for this species.

Breeding Reports

None.

Articles