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Heteropneustes fossilis (Bloch, 1794)

Stinging catfish
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Turkey country information

Common names: Stinging catfish
Occurrence: introduced
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Collected from north of Diyarbakır city (38°01'48''N, 40°15'14'' E) and south of Diyarbakir (37°1'50''N, 40°13'50''E), Tigris River (Ref. 86640). Also Ref. 106151. nEurTurk.
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/tu.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Ünlü, E., T. Çiçek, D. Değer and B.W. Coad, 2011
National Database: CLOMFOT

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Heteropneustidae (Airsac catfishes)
Etymology: Heteropneustes: Greek, heteros = other + Greek, pneo = to breath (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Bloch.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; pH range: 6.0 - 8.0; dH range: ? - 30; depth range ? - 1 m (Ref. 105091).   Tropical; 21°C - 25°C (Ref. 2060); 33°N - 5°N, 64°E - 97°E

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