Wallagonia micropogon | |
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At Aqua Toto Gifu, Japan | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Wallagonia |
Species: | W. micropogon |
Binomial name | |
Wallagonia micropogon (Ng, 2004) |
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Synonyms | |
Wallago micropogon |
Wallago micropogon
Ng, 2004
Wallagonia micropogon is a species catfish in the genus Wallagonia. This species was recently discovered and is found in the Mekong River drainage area between southern Vietnam and northern Laos as well as Chao Phraya River in Thailand. It is a freshwater fish.
Until osteological research validated the genus Wallagonia in 2014, W. micropogon was included in the genus Wallago.