 Summary of encheloclarias | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Pronounced | en che low klar ee ass. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Etymology | Greek, enchelys, = eel + see under Clarias | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Identification | Catfishes of the genus Encheloclarias are restricted to the blackwater habitats of Sundaic Southeast Asia. They are the most poorly-known of Asian clariid catfishes and are easily distinguished from Asian Clarias by the presence of a moderately long adipose fin that is not supported by extensions of the neural spines. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sexing | In ventral view especially, females are much broader in the body than males of equal age and rearing practices. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Size | Smallest 57mm, largest 169mm, average 99mm, most commonly 82mm. All SL. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Species | There are 6 "species" in the database | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/siluriformes/clariidae/encheloclarias/baculum/1.jpg "Encheloclarias baculum - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/clariidae/encheloclarias/curtisoma/1.jpg "Encheloclarias curtisoma - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/clariidae/encheloclarias/kelioides/1.jpg "Encheloclarias kelioides - Click for species page")
/siluriformes/clariidae/encheloclarias/medialis/1.jpg "Encheloclarias medialis - Click for species page")
