Freshwater, Brackish, Fishery, Commercial, Threatened
🗒 Synonyms
synonym | Clarisilurus kemratensis (non Fowler, 1937) |
synonym | Heteropneustes microps (non Günther, 1864) |
synonym | Saccobranchus fossilis (Bloch, 1794) |
synonym | Saccobranchus microcephalus Günther, 1864 |
synonym | Saccobranchus microps (non Günther, 1864) |
synonym | Saccobranchus singio (Hamilton, 1822) |
synonym | Silurus biserratus Swainson, 1839 |
synonym | Silurus fossilis Bloch, 1794 |
synonym | Silurus laticeps Swainson, 1838 |
synonym | Silurus singio Hamilton, 1822 |
🗒 Common Names
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📚 Overview
Brief
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Nomenclature and Classification
📚 Natural History
Life Cycle
Eggs are deposited in a depression usually excavated by both parents in mud, in shallow water. Parents guard the eggs and young until they can fend for themselves which lasts for about one month .
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Size
Max Length
30 (unsexed)
Size
30.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Upto 31 cms
Trophic Strategy
Found mainly in ponds, ditches, swamps and marshes, but sometimes occurs in muddy rivers. Can tolerate slightly brackish water. Omnivorous. Breeds in confined waters during the monsoon months, but can breed in ponds, derelict ponds and ditches when sufficient rain-water accumulates.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Diseases
Allocreadium Infestation 1. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Allocreadium Infestation 7. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Aphallus Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Ascaridia Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Bialovarium Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Clinostomum Infestation (metacercaria). Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Contracaecum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Dactylogyrus Gill Flukes Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Euclinostomum Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Euclinostomum Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Eumasenia Disease. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc.) ;
Neopecoelina Infestation. Parasitic infestations (protozoa, worms, etc. )
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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📚 Habitat and Distribution
General Habitat
Habitat
Freshwater
Habitat demersal; freshwater; brackish; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: 30
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Densely planted rivulet streams, wetlands, ditches, organically decomposed pools, culture tanks
Freshwater, Brackish, Demersal. Muddy rivers, ponds, ditches, swamp, marshes
Description
Remark
Occurs throughout Indian plains and the Andamans
Occurrence
native
Distribution
Asia: Pakistan and Sri Lanka to Myanmar.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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Global Distribution
Bangladesh, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand,india
Local Distribution
Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Tripura, Nagaland, West Bengal and elsewhere India, Assam (Brahmaputra and Barak drainage)
Global Distribution
India,Pakistan,Sri Lanka,Nepal,bangladesh,Myanmar
Distribution In India
Assam, Madhya Pradesh, Telangana
No Data
📚 Occurrence
No Data
📚 Demography and Conservation
Conservation Status
IUCN Red List Category
Least Concern
Not Evaluated IUCN 2006
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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IUCN Redlist Category: Least Concern
Red list Category & Criteria: Least concern ver 1.3
No Data
📚 Uses and Management
Uses
fisheries: highly commercial; aquaculture: commercial; aquarium: commercial
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013).
Attributions | Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2013. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication.; http://www.fishbase.org/Country/CountrySpeciesSummary.php?c_code=356&id=4885, version (12/2013). |
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Status | UNDER_CREATION |
Licenses | CC_BY_NC |
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No Data
📚 Information Listing
References
- Das, Ak, et al. "Fishes of Madhya Pradesh. " (2013).
- Jha, B. R. & Rayamajhi, A. 2010. Heteropneustes fossilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e. T166452A6212487. http://dx. doi. org/10. 2305/IUCN. UK. 2010-4. RLTS. T166452A6212487. en. Downloaded on 11 April 2018
- Menon, A. G. K. , 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ. , Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p
- B. K. Bhattacharjya, U. Bhaumik & A. P. Sharma (2017): Fish habitat and fisheries of Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
Natural History > Life Cycle
- Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
Natural History > Size
- Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
Natural History > Trophic Strategy
- Rainboth, W.J. 1996 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.
Natural History > Diseases
- Arthur, J.R. and A.B.A. Ahmed 2002 Checklist of the parasites of fishes of Bangladesh. FAO Fish. Tech. Paper (T369/1), 77 p.
Habitat and Distribution > Distribution > Description
- Kottelat, M. 2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p.
Demography and Conservation > Conservation Status
- 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006.
Uses and Management > Uses
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran 1991 Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam. Robins, C.R., R.M. Bailey, C.E. Bond, J.R. Brooker, E.A. Lachner, R.N. Lea and W.B. Scott 1991 World fishes important to North Americans. Exclusive of species from the continental waters of the United States and Canada. Am. Fish. Soc. Spec. Publ. (21):243 p. Pethiyagoda, R. 1991 Freshwater fishes of Sri Lanka. The Wildlife Heritage Trust of Sri Lanka, Colombo. 362 p.
Information Listing > References
- Das, Ak, et al. "Fishes of Madhya Pradesh. " (2013).
- Jha, B. R. & Rayamajhi, A. 2010. Heteropneustes fossilis. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2010: e. T166452A6212487. http://dx. doi. org/10. 2305/IUCN. UK. 2010-4. RLTS. T166452A6212487. en. Downloaded on 11 April 2018
- Menon, A. G. K. , 1999. Check list - fresh water fishes of India. Rec. Zool. Surv. India, Misc. Publ. , Occas. Pap. No. 175, 366 p
- B. K. Bhattacharjya, U. Bhaumik & A. P. Sharma (2017): Fish habitat and fisheries of Brahmaputra River in Assam, India, Aquatic Ecosystem Health & Management
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🐾 Taxonomy
Root | Root |
Kingdom | Animalia |
Phylum | Chordata |
Class | Actinopterygii |
Order | Siluriformes |
Family | Heteropneustidae |
Genus | Heteropneustes |
Species | Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch 1794) |
📊 Temporal Distribution
📷 Related Observations
👥 Groups