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The Wallago Catfish
- Mr. Raphael Okoh (Old Soldier)
- May 22, 2017
- 1 min read
Wallago is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Siluridae, or sheatfish. It's also knoown as the bleeker.
They are found in rivers throughout southern and southeastern Asia.
The only extant species of this genus is Wallago attu.
he wallago species are large, predatory catfishes. They have five rays in their dorsal fin. The caudal fin is deeply forked and has pointed lobes; it is disconnected from the anal fin, which differs from some of the other silurid genera.
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