Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839)

Banyal, Harinder Singh & Kumar, Sanjeev, 2020, A preliminary study on the Ichthyofaunal Diversity of the Mej River in Bundi District, Rajasthan, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 120 (4), pp. 401-407 : 404

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.26515/rzsi/v120/i4/2020/150628

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.13187813

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scientific name

Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839)
status

 

8. Sperata seenghala (Sykes, 1839) View in CoL (Giant river-catfish)

1841. Platysoma seenghala Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond. , 2: 371, pl. 65. fig. 2.

2013. Sperata seenghala : Kottelat, Raffles Bull. Zool. Suppl. 27: 266.

Material examined: This species was identified from the fisherman’s catch, 74.5 cm.

Distribution: Widely distributed in India.

Remarks: Dwells in rivers, canals, beels, ditches, inundated fields, and other freshwater areas; admirable sport fish; carnivore in nature.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Order

Siluriformes

Family

Bagridae

Genus

Sperata

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