- Laides
Taxobox
name = "Laides"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum = Chordata
classis =Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia =Schilbeidae
genus = "Laides"
genus_authority = Jordan, 1919
type_species = "Pangasius hexanema"
type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1852
subdivision_ranks =Species
subdivision =
"Laides hexanema"
(Bleeker, 1852)
"Laides longibarbis"
(Fowler, 1934)
synonyms = "Laïs" Bleeker, 1857"Laides" is a
genus ofcatfish es (order Siluriformes) of the familySchilbeidae . It includes two species, "L. hexanema" and "L. longibarbis".cite journal|url=http://silurus.acnatsci.org/ACSI/library/biblios/2007_Ferraris_Catfish_Checklist.pdf|title=Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types|first=Carl J., Jr.|last=Ferraris|journal=Zootaxa |volume=1418|pages=1–628|year=2007|format=PDF ] "L. hexanema" is distributed inThailand toIndonesia , in large rivers, including the Mekong. "L. longibarbis" originates from the Mekong, Mehklong, andChao Phraya River basins."L. hexanema" grows to 16.5 cm (6.5 in) TL; it is found in large rivers and feeds on small fishes.FishBase species|genus=Laides|species=hexanema|year=2008|month=Sep] "L. longibarbis" grows to 14.2 cm (5.6 in) SL; it inhabits large rivers with turbid and slow or standing waters and feeds on fishes and zooplankton FishBase species|genus=Laides|species=longibarbis|year=2008|month=Sep] Both species are oviparous and do not guard their eggs.
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