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Hemisilurus heterorhynchus (Bleeker, 1854)

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Common names: Lais timah
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Known from Sumatra and Borneo (Ref. 7050, 36654). In Kapuas Lakes area, Kalimantan Barat, fishermen reported that this fish usually occurs in rivers and major streams, but it is more frequent in the Kapuas main river (Ref. 56749). Found in lakes in low numbers, particularly during the dry season and the start of the wet season (Ref. 56749).
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Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/id.html
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Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Pa dan deng, 半鲶, Lais timah, ... more

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Etymology: Hemisilurus: Greek, hemi = half + Greek, silouros = a cat fish (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bleeker.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; demersal.   Tropical

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