Wallago attu ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 )
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8072405 |
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Wallago attu ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 ) |
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Wallago attu ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801) View in CoL View at ENA
[N]—Pabdah catfish
Taxonomy. Original description: Silurus attu Bloch & Schneider, 1801: 378 View in CoL , pl. 75 [Malabar, India; holotype: ZMB 8783 (dry, lost)].— Afghanistan synonyms: Silurus boalis Hamilton, 1822 View in CoL ; Silurodon hexanema Kner, 1866 View in CoL ; Wallago hexanema (Kner, 1866) View in CoL ; Silurus (Callichrus) macrostomus Swainson, 1839 View in CoL ; Silurus muelleri Bleeker, 1846 View in CoL ; Wallago russellii Bleeker, 1853 View in CoL ; Wallago attu valeya Deraniyagala, 1953 View in CoL ; Silurus wallagoo Valenciennes, 1840 View in CoL .—Revisions: Jayaram (2006: 112).—Illustration: Kottelat (2001: fig. 357).
Status in Afghanistan. First listed by Coad (1981: 15; 2014: 294; 2015: 229); confirmed by ( Mirza 2003; Hossain et al. 2008).—Afghanistan materials: None.
Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River.—General distribution: South Asia and Southeast Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yunnan / China, Thailand, Indonesia and East Indies.—Habitat: This species inhabits freshwater and tidal waters in a variety of habitats, including large rivers, lakes, tanks, channels, and reservoirs. It is one of the largest, most voracious, and most predatory of the local catfish, which thrives well in rivers and tanks, especially in jheels with grassy margins. It mostly hides under holes in riverbanks and canals, and it prefers muddy tanks subject to periodic flooding from a nullah or river. It is rather sluggish and stays at the bottom of water in search of food. Freshwater.
Economic importance. Commercially important.
Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown.—IUCN: VU ( Ng et al. 2019).—Threats: CLI, CON, FIT, TOU, EUT.—High sensitivity to human activities.—Keystone species.—Decline status: Decreasing.— Moderate priority for conservation action.
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Wallago attu ( Bloch & Schneider, 1801 )
Çiçek, Erdoğan, Fricke, Ronald, Eagderi, Soheil, Sungur, Sevil, Coad, Brian W & Hamdard, Mohammad Hamid 2023 |
Wallago attu valeya
Deraniyagala 1953 |
Silurodon hexanema
Kner 1866 |
Wallago russellii
Bleeker 1853 |
Silurus muelleri
Bleeker 1846 |
Silurus wallagoo
Valenciennes 1840 |
Silurus (Callichrus) macrostomus
Swainson 1839 |
Silurus boalis
Hamilton 1822 |
Silurus attu
Bloch & Schneider 1801: 378 |