Wallagonia micropogon
Wallagonia micropogon is a species of catfish in the genus Wallagonia. This species was recently discovered [2] and is found in the Mekong River drainage area between southern Vietnam and northern Laos as well as Chao Phraya River in Thailand.[1] It is a freshwater fish.
| Wallagonia micropogon | |
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| At Aqua Toto Gifu, Japan | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Siluridae |
| Genus: | Wallagonia |
| Species: | W. micropogon |
| Binomial name | |
| Wallagonia micropogon (Ng, 2004) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Wallago micropogon | |
Until osteological research validated the genus Wallagonia in 2014, W. micropogon was included in the genus Wallago.[3]
References
- Allen, D. (2010). "Wallago micropogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010. Retrieved 4 March 2013.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
- New York Times Slideshow from Laos
- Roberts, T.R. (2014): Wallago Bleeker, 1851 and Wallagonia Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †Wallago maemohensis from the Miocene of Thailand. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History, 55 (1): 35-47. doi:10.3374/014.055.0103
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