Fish Identification

Fish Identification: Find Species

Class: Teleostei
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Heteropneustidae Airsac catfishes
Genus: Heteropneustes

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6 species

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Photo by Ramani Shirantha

Asia
Max. Length 41.2 cm TL
Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)
Photo by Ramani Shirantha
 
Heteropneustes fossilis
[Stinging catfish]
Photo by Plamoottil, M.

Asia
Max. Length 15.7 cm SL
Heteropneustes fuscus Plamoottil, 2021
Photo by Plamoottil, M.
 
Heteropneustes fuscus
[Travancore black stinging catfish]
Photo by WWF / Vidthayanon, C.

Asia
Max. Length 27 cm SL
Heteropneustes kemratensis (Fowler, 1937)
Photo by WWF / Vidthayanon, C.
 
Heteropneustes kemratensis
Photo by Plamoottil, M.

Asia
Max. Length 15.4 cm SL
Heteropneustes longipectoralis Rema Devi & Raghunathan, 1999
Photo by Plamoottil, M.
 
Heteropneustes longipectoralis
[Long finned Heteropneustes]
Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv

Asia
Max. Length 15 cm TL
Heteropneustes microps (Günther, 1864)
Photo by Hippocampus-Bildarchiv
 
Heteropneustes microps
Photo by Hossain, M.S.

Asia
Max. Length 10.9 cm SL
Heteropneustes nani Hossain, Sarker, Sharifuzzaman & Chowdhury, 2013
Photo by Hossain, M.S.
 
Heteropneustes nani


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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Heteropneustes fossilis Stinging catfish Asia 41.2 TL 1794
Heteropneustes fuscus Travancore black stinging catfish Asia 15.7 SL 2021
Heteropneustes kemratensis Asia 27 SL 1937
Heteropneustes longipectoralis Long finned Heteropneustes Asia 15.4 SL 1999
Heteropneustes microps Asia 15 TL 1864
Heteropneustes nani Asia 10.9 SL 2013



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