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Heteropneustes
Heteropneustes is a genus of catfishes, the airsac catfishes, native to Asia. This genus has been placed in the monotypic family Heteropneustidae, but Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes now includes it in family Clariidae.
Their bodies are elongated and compressed with greatly depressed heads. They have long air sacs that serve as lungs that extend from the gill chamber. Their dorsal fins are short and have no spine. Their pectoral fins have an associated venom gland, so the fish are considered dangerous. They are oviparous; distinct pairing is possible.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 5 known species
Asian Stinging Catfish
speciesHeteropneustes fossilis
Heteropneustes kemratensis
speciesHeteropneustes kemratensis
Heteropneustes longipectoralis
speciesHeteropneustes longipectoralis
Heteropneustes nani
speciesHeteropneustes nani
Heteropneustes fuscus
speciesHeteropneustes fuscus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 88884.