Wallago

Wallago micropogon

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Series: Otophysi Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Siluridae
Genus: Wallago
Species: W. attu – W. leerii – W. maculatus – †W. maemohensis – W. micropogon

Name

• Wallago Bleeker, 1851

Etymology: wallago: Bleeker, in 1851, took the Indian fish name, gave it generic range and used it connection with a new species. The name is "walaga" in Telugu / Tamil.

Vernacular names

Bahasa Indonesia: Tapah
ไทย: ปลาเค้า, ปลาค้าว
中文: 利氏叉尾鯰

References

Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 2007, Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [1]