Fish Identification: Find Species


Family: Heteropneustidae Airsac catfishes



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Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 41.2 cm TL
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

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Heteropneustes fossilis
[Stinging catfish]

Photo by WWF / Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 27 cm SL
Heteropneustes kemratensis (Fowler, 1937)

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Heteropneustes kemratensis
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Heteropneustes longipectoralis
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Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Heteropneustes microps (Günther, 1864)

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Heteropneustes microps
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Photo by Hossain, M.S.

Asia
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Chowdhury, 2013

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Heteropneustes nani
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Heteropneustes fossilis Stinging catfish Asia 41.2 TL 1794
Heteropneustes kemratensis Asia 27 SL 1937
Heteropneustes longipectoralis Asia 1999
Heteropneustes microps Asia 15 TL 1864
Heteropneustes nani Asia 10.9 SL 2013



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