Wallagonia micropogon
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| Wallagonia micropogon Ng, 2004
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Wallagonia micropogon (Thai: ปลาเค้าดำ) is a species of the genus Wallagonia, which is a type of catfish. This species was recently discovered [2] and is found in the Mekong River drainage area between southern Vietnam and northern Laos as well as Chao Phraya River in Thailand.[1] It is a freshwater fish.
Until osteological research validated the genus Wallagonia in 2014, W. micropogon was included in the genus Wallago.[3]
References
- ^ a b Template:IUCN
- ^ New York Times Slideshow from Laos
- ^ Roberts, T.R. (2014): Wallago Bleeker, 1851 and Wallagonia Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †Wallago maemohensis from the Miocene of Thailand. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55 (1): 35-47. doi:10.3374/014.055.0103
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