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Scientific Name	**Helicophagus typus** Bleeker, 1857
Common Name	Patin Muncung (Indonesia)
Type Locality	Mussi River, Palembang, Sumatra.
Species Information
Size	377mm or 14.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp.
Identification	Helicophagus have a short and a large premaxillary toothplate; the vomerine toothplate without additional toothplate; the front border of the snout is pierced by anterior nostrils; the posterior nostrils are between and in line with the anterior nostrils and the middle of eye; a narrow mouth (<35% HL); a slender anterior part of snout length (<16.5% HL) (Gustiano & Pouyaud, 2008, Indonesian Aquaculture Journal, 3(1), 13-22. http://dx.doi.org/10.15578/iaj.3.1.2008.13-22). Head short, narrow, and conical. Mouth subterminal; vomerine short. Anterior nostrils pierced through front of mouth. Premaxillary and vomerine teeth conical; premaxillary teeth in a single curved band. Vomerine toothplate fused in specimens over 180mm SL. Maxillary barbels long but never reaching posterior border of operculum; mandibular barbels up to or beyond eye, but never reaching isthmus; mandibular barbel less than 35% HL. Eye small; eye diameter 9.3-13.5% HL. Gill rakers on the first branchial arch, 27-33. Body narrow and elongated; predorsal distance long; abdomen short with short prepectoral and prepelvic distance. Minute adipose fin. Anal fin base high and long; anal fin length 29-32.9% SL; anal rays 27-30. Color in life: Body pale brownish and darker on dorsum.
Habitat Information
Distribution	Asia: Sumatra and southeast Borneo. Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Sumatra Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Pacific, Greater Sunda Island Rivers, Borneo Waters, Southern Borneo Waters (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map.
IUCN Red List Category	Least Concern , range map and more is available on the IUCN species page. Last assessed 2019.
Husbandry Information
Feeding	Wild caught specimens have stomach contents containing gastropod and bivalve mollusks, and tubificid worms. User data.
Breeding	Unreported.
Breeding Reports	There is no breeding report.
Further Information
Reference	Acta Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Indo-Neêrlandicae v. 3 (art. 9), pp 46.
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Last Update	2025 Jan 01 12:20 (species record created: 2008 Jun 24 18:26)