Wallago maculatus
Wallago maculatus Inger & Chin, 1959
photo by Martin-Smith, K.


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Family:  Siluridae (Sheatfishes)
Max. size:  100 cm SL (male/unsexed)
Environment:  demersal; freshwater
Distribution:  Asia: known only from Sabah, northern Borneo, Malaysia.
Diagnosis:  Dorsal spines (total): 1-1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 4-4; Anal soft rays: 60-66
Biology:  Adults inhabit rivers as well as small forest tributaries. Also Ref. 84801.
IUCN Red List Status: Not Evaluated (N.E.) Ref. (130435)
Threat to humans:  harmless


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