Giant featherback

Chitala lopis

One Hundred Fifty Centimeters Notopterid Fish of Asian Waters

Tropical
Regional distribution
Freshwater fish
Southeast Asia
Large
Tropical fish

Chitala lopis, also known as the belida or giant featherback, is a species of freshwater fish, endemic to the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia. It inhabits lowland river mainstreams and tributaries with rocky and sunken wood bottoms, as well as forest-covered streams. It feeds on smaller fishes, insects and vertebrates, mostly at night.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Bonytongues
Family: Notopteridae
Genus: Chitala
Maximum length: 150 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Considered extinct by IUCN in 2019. Asia: Borneo, Sumatra and Java in Indonesia, Malaya, and Thailand (Ref. 7050 ). Found in the Mekong basin (Ref. 12693 ).
Conservation status: EXExtinct

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