Wallago micropogon • Siluridae • Cat-eLog

Cat-eLog Data Sheet
Scientific Name	**Wallago micropogon** Ng, 2004
Common Name(s)	None
Type Locality	Stung Treng morning market, 13°30.0'N, 105°58.0'E, Cambodia.
Pronunciation	wall AH go - my krow poe gone
Etymology	Wallago: After its Telugu and Tamil names Walaga (Telugu and Tamil are both Dravidian languages of South India).
Species Information
Size	1500mm (59.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Distinguished by the following characters: 14-16 branchiostegal rays; 14-16 gill rakers on first branchial arch; 68-73 anal fin rays; small gape extending to anterior margin of eye; pelvic fin length 8.9-10.6% SL; small eye, 8.7-10.1% HL; maxillary barbels reaching to middle of pectoral-fin base; rounded pectoral fin in which the fourth branched pectoral ray is the longest; pectoral spine length 14.3-16.7% SL; dark colored body with a few pale spots forming a mottled pattern; and 63-65 vertebrae.
General Remarks	Fishbase lists 1540 mm TL.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Mekong River drainage between Dau Tieng in southern Vietnam and Luang Prabang in northern Laos; also middle Chao Phraya River drainage in Thailand. Mekong, Middle Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Mekong, Upper Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there) Thailand Waters, Chao Praya, Middle Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there) (Click the map-icon to show/hide map of species distribution)
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Feeds strictly on fishes.
Breeding	Unreported.
Further Information
References	Copeia 93 Fig. 1
Registered Keepers	None.
Breeding Reports	None.
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Last Update	2006 Nov 11 06:07 (species record created: 2006 Nov 11 06:07)

Cat-eLog Data Sheet

Scientific Name

Wallago micropogon Ng, 2004

Common Name(s)

None

Type Locality

Stung Treng morning market, 13°30.0'N, 105°58.0'E, Cambodia.

Pronunciation

wall AH go - my krow poe gone

Etymology

Wallago: After its Telugu and Tamil names Walaga (Telugu and Tamil are both Dravidian languages of South India).

Species Information

Size

1500mm (59.1") SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.

Identification

Distinguished by the following characters: 14-16 branchiostegal rays; 14-16 gill rakers on first branchial arch; 68-73 anal fin rays; small gape extending to anterior margin of eye; pelvic fin length 8.9-10.6% SL; small eye, 8.7-10.1% HL; maxillary barbels reaching to middle of pectoral-fin base; rounded pectoral fin in which the fourth branched pectoral ray is the longest; pectoral spine length 14.3-16.7% SL; dark colored body with a few pale spots forming a mottled pattern; and 63-65 vertebrae.

General Remarks

Fishbase lists 1540 mm TL.

Habitat Information

Distribution

Asia: Mekong River drainage between Dau Tieng in southern Vietnam and Luang Prabang in northern Laos; also middle Chao Phraya River drainage in Thailand.
Mekong, Middle Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Mekong, Upper Mekong (click on these areas to find other species found there)
Thailand Waters, Chao Praya, Middle Chao Praya (click on these areas to find other species found there)