Crocodile catfish
(Bagarius suchus)

Classification

Species: Bagarius suchus
Genus: Bagarius
Family: Sisoridae - Asian adhesive catfishes
Order: Siluriformes - Catfishes
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Crocodile catfish
Habitat: Freshwater
Climate: Tropical
Native: Asia
Distribution: Chao Phraya, Mekong

The crocodile catfish is a species of sisorid catfish native to Laos, Cambodia and Thailand, where it occurs in the Mekong and Chao Phraya river basins. This species reaches a maximum length of 70 centimetres (28 in) SL

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