Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Heteropneustidae Airsac catfishes

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5 species (see list below)

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Photo by Raghavan, P.R.

Heteropneustes fossilis
[Stinging catfish]

Photo by WWF / Vidthayanon, C.

Heteropneustes kemratensis
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No picture found
Asia

Heteropneustes longipectoralis
[]

Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Heteropneustes microps
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Photo by Hossain, M.S.

Heteropneustes nani
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5 Species of Family Heteropneustidae
(Airsac catfishes)

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Year	Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
1794	Heteropneustes fossilis	Stinging catfish	Asia	31 TL
1937	Heteropneustes kemratensis		Asia	27 SL
1999	Heteropneustes longipectoralis		Asia
1864	Heteropneustes microps		Asia	15 TL
2013	Heteropneustes nani		Asia	10.9 SL

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Fish Identification: Find Species

Family: Heteropneustidae Airsac catfishes(See list of species below)

Family: Heteropneustidae Airsac catfishes

(See list of species below)