Encheloclarias

Taxobox
name = "Encheloclarias"


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Actinopterygii
ordo = Siluriformes
familia = Clariidae
genus = "Encheloclarias"
genus_authority = Herre & Myers, 1937
type_species = "Heterobranchus tapeinopterus"
type_species_authority = Bleeker, 1852
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "E. baculum"
"E. curtisoma"
"E. kelioides"
"E. prolatus"
"E. tapeinopterus"
"E. velatus"

"Encheloclarias" is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Clariidae. It includes six species, "E. baculum", "E. curtisoma", "E. kelioides", "E. prolatus", "E. tapeinopterus", and "E. velatus".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] This genus is endemic to Southeast Asia.cite journal|title=A new species of "Encheloclarias" from Sumatra|first=H. H.|last=Ng|coauthors=Tan, H. H.|journal=Journal of Fish Biology|year=2000|volume=57|pages=536–539]

"Encheloclarias" is often found deep within the substratum of peat swamps.

This genus differs from "Heterobranchus" and "Dinotopterus" in lacking extensions of the neural spine supporting the adipose fin.

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