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Siluridae
Twisted-jaw Sheatfish
Belodontichthys truncatus
A piscivorous catfish of the Mekong and Chao Phraya
- Tropical
- Regional distribution
- Freshwater fish
- Southeast Asia
- Elongated
- Large
- Tropical fish
Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Elongated
LargeTwisted-jaw Sheatfish is a freshwater fish from Asia. It inhabits freshwater habitats. The species reaches a recorded maximum of 60 cm.
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Catfishes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Belodontichthys
- Maximum length
- 60 cm
- Water
- Freshwater
- Body shape
- elongated
- Distribution
- Asia: Chao Phraya and Mekong River drainages in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia and Viet Nam. Previously misidentified as Belodontichthys dinema from the Mekong River basin.
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
