Wallagonia micropogon

Wallagonia micropogon
At Aqua Toto Gifu, Japan
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Siluridae
Genus:	Wallagonia
Species:	W. micropogon
Binomial name
Wallagonia micropogon (Ng, 2004)
Synonyms
Wallago micropogon Ng, 2004

Wallagonia micropogon is a species of catfish in the genus Wallagonia . This species was recently discovered ^[2] and is found in the Mekong River drainage area between southern Vietnam and northern Laos as well as Chao Phraya River in Thailand. ^[1] It is a freshwater fish.

Until osteological research validated the genus Wallagonia in 2014, W. micropogon was included in the genus Wallago . ^[3]

References

1. Allen, D.J. (2011). "Wallago micropogon". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2011 e.T187930A8638965. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2011-1.RLTS.T187930A8638965.en . Retrieved 4 March 2013.
2. "The New York Times > Travel > Slide Show > Traditional Fishermen in Laos". archive.nytimes.com.
3. Roberts, T.R. (2014). "Wallago Bleeker, 1851 and Wallagonia Myers, 1938 (Ostariophysi, Siluridae), Distinct Genera of Tropical Asian Catfishes, with Description of †Wallago maemohensis from the Miocene of Thailand". Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History. 55 (1): 35–47. doi:10.3374/014.055.0103.