Wallago | |
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Wallago attu | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Siluridae |
Genus: | Wallago Bleeker, 1851 |
Type species | |
Silurus muelleri Bleeker 1846
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Synonyms | |
Silurodon Kner, 1866 |
Wallago is a genus of catfishes order Siluriformes of the family Siluridae, or sheatfish. They are found in rivers throughout southern and southeastern Asia.[1] The only extant species of this genus is Wallago attu.