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Scientific Name	**Encheloclarias curtisoma** Ng & Lim, 1993
Common Name	Bladefin Catfish
Type Locality	Blackwater stream, peat swamp forest at 39 km milestone on road to Tanjong Malim from Sungei Basar, Selangor, Malaysia.
Pronunciation	en che low klar ee ass.
Etymology	Greek, enchelys, = eel + see under Clarias
Species Information
Size	82mm or 3.2" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
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.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: known so far from Selangor, Peninsular Malaysia. Pacific, Malaysia Waters, Peninsular Malaysia Waters, Selangor (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Endangered , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Furniture	Occurs in a stream about 3 m wide and half a meter deep in a peat swamp forest. The stream has a soft and peaty substrate, covered with large pieces of wood and submerged branches.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Ichthyological Exploration of Freshwaters v. 4 (no. 1), pp32, Figs. 9-10.
Registered Keepers	There is no registered keeper.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 11:58 (species record created: 2006 Oct 07 02:53)