FB-62295 http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62295 Animalia Chordata Teleostei Synbranchiformes Synbranchidae Monopterus Monopterus digressus Gopi, 2002 Pa khoun Pa koon Trey stuak Wallago leerii (non Bleeker, 1851) Wallago miostoma (non Vaillant, 1902) 2005-10-26 2011-07-13 Breder, C.M. and D.E. Rosen0 Modes of reproduction in fishes. T.F.H. Publications, Neptune City, New Jersey. 941 p. (Ref. 205) Roberts, T.R.0 Artisanal fisheries and fish ecology below the great waterfalls of the Mekong River in southern Laos. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 41:31-62. (Ref. 9497) Ng, P.K.L.0 The giant Malayan catfish, Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851, and the identities of Wallagonia tweediei Hora & Misra, 1941, and Wallago maculatus Inger & Chin, 1959 (Teleostei: Siluridae). Raffles Bull. Zool. 40(2):245-263. (Ref. 12455) Rainboth, W.J.0 Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. (Ref. 12693) Taki, Y.0 An analytical study of the fish fauna of the Mekong basin as a biological production system in nature. Research Institute of Evolutionary Biology Special Publications no. 1,77 p. Tokyo, Japan. (Ref. 12975) Baird, I.G., V. Inthaphaisy, P. Kisouvannalath, B. Phylavanh and B. Mounsouphom0 The fishes of southern Lao. Lao Community Fisheries and Dolphin Protection Project. Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Lao PDR.161 p. (Ref. 30857) Lim, P., S. Lek, S.T. Touch, S.-O. Mao and B. Chhouk0 Diversity and spatial distribution of freshwater fish in Great Lake and Tonle Sap River (Cambodia, Southeast Asia). Aquat. Living Resour. 12(6):379-386. (Ref. 33813) Baird, I.G.0 Preliminary fishery stock assessment results from Ban Hang Khone, Khong District, Champasak Province, Southern Lao PDR. Technical Report. Center for Protected Areas and Watershed Management, Department of Forestry, Agriculture and Forestry Division, Champasak Province, Lao, People's Democratic Republic. 112 p. (Ref. 37767) Sokheng, C., C.K. Chhea, S. Viravong, K. Bouakhamvongsa, U. Suntornratana, N. Yoorong, N.T. Tung, T.Q. Bao, A.F. Poulsen and J.V. Jørgensen0 Fish migrations and spawning habits in the Mekong mainstream: a survey using local knowledge (basin-wide). Assessment of Mekong fisheries: Fish Migrations and Spawning and the Impact of Water Management Project (AMFC). AMFP Report 2/99. Vientiane, Lao, P.D.R. (Ref. 37770) Hill, M.T. and S.A. Hill0 Fisheries ecology and hydropower in the lower Mekong River: an evaluation of run-of-the-river projects. Mekong Secretariat, Bangkok, Thailand. 106 p. (Ref. 37772) Kottelat, M.0 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281) Ng, H.H.0 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) Aloun, P.0 Fishes of Laos. Unpublished compilation of P. Aloun. (Ref. 56905) FB-GeneralDescr-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2009-05-27 00:00:00 Biology http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Adults feed strictly on fishes. Enters the flooded forest during high water and stays near the edge of the forest during low water (Ref. 9497). Migrates into smaller streams to spawn (Ref. 37770). Oviparous, distinct pairing possibly like other members of the same family (Ref. 205). Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) FB-DiagnosticDescr-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2005-11-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 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 (Ref. 51260). Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) FB-Morphology-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2005-11-03 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Dorsal soft rays (total): 5; Analsoft rays: 68 - 73; Vertebrae: 63 - 65 Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) FB-Distribution-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2009-06-02 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution Asia: Mekong River drainage between Dau Tieng in southern Viet Nam and Luang Prabang in northern Laos; also middle Chao Phraya River drainage in Thailand. Previously misidentified as Wallago leerii from the Mekong River. Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) FB-TrophicStrategy-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Grace Tolentino Pablico 2005-11-18 00:00:00 2009-05-27 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public micropogon http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Size Strictly piscivorous feeding on cyprinids and bagrids. Enters the flooded forest in high water and stays near the edge of the forest in low water (Ref. 9497). Ng, H.H. 2004 Wallago micropogon: a new species of Silurid catfish (Teleostei: Siluridae) from mainland southeast Asia. Copeia 2004(1):92-97. (Ref. 51260) FB-Size-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2009-05-27 00:00:00 Max. size http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Threats 154 cm SL (male/unsexed; (Ref. 43281)); max. published weight: 96.0 kg (Ref. 9497) Kottelat, M. 2001 Fishes of Laos. WHT Publications Ltd., Colombo 5, Sri Lanka. 198 p. (Ref. 43281) Roberts, T.R. 1993 Artisanal fisheries and fish ecology below the great waterfalls of the Mekong River in southern Laos. Nat. Hist. Bull. Siam Soc. 41:31-62. (Ref. 9497) FB-Threats-2 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Belen Acosta 1990-10-18 00:00:00 2024-03-07 00:00:00 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=2 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Habitat Least Concern (LC) , IUCN Grouper and Wrasse Specialist Group IUCN 2006 2006 IUCN red list of threatened species. www.iucnredlist.org. Downloaded July 2006. FB-Habitat-62302 http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text text/html Armi G. Torres 2005-11-03 00:00:00 2009-05-27 00:00:00 Environment http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ WorldFish Center - FishBase General public http://www.fishbase.org/summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=62302 http://rs.tdwg.org/ontology/voc/SPMInfoItems#Distribution demersal; freshwater