Malabar silurus

Pterocryptis wynaadensis

Thirty Centimeters Catfish of the Indian Ocean

Malabar silurus is known around Asia as a freshwater fish; It occurs in freshwater habitats, and records give a maximum length of 30 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Siluridae
Genus: Pterocryptis
Maximum length: 30 cm
Water: Freshwater
Distribution: Asia: Cauvery drainage in Kerala and Thungabadhra drainage in Karnataka, India. Critically endangered in the Western Ghats (Ref. 44149 ).

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