Wallago leerii catfish
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The Wallago leerii catfish grows to a large size.
THE REAL WORLD
The real Wallago leerii catfish
- Scientific name
- Wallago leerii
- Japanese name
- ワラゴレーリー
- Group
- Freshwater animals
- Order
- Siluriformes
- Family
- Siluridae
- Genus
- Wallago
Basic data
- Size
- Total length: 100 cm or more
- Range
- Sumatra, Borneo, Malaysia, and Indonesia
Where the Wallago leerii catfish has been recorded
Records: GBIF.org (CC0 and CC BY 4.0 records, retrieved 2026-11-07). Map: Natural EarthSee the records on GBIF
Watch wild animals from a distance. Do not touch or feed them, and take care of the places where they live.
Names around the world
- 日本語
- ワラゴレーリー
- 简体中文
- 泰国叉尾鲶
- 繁體中文
- 泰國叉尾鯰
- Bahasa Indonesia
- Tapah
- Tiếng Việt
- Wallagonia leerii
- ไทย
- ปลาค้าวดำใต้
Names come from Wikidata and iNaturalist records. Where a language has no recorded name, we use the scientific name.
Sources and how we check
- 鳥羽水族館 — ワラゴレーリーChecked: 2026-11-04
We check each fact against its source. The illustrations simplify how the real animal looks.
The classification (class, order, family, genus) follows Wikidata records, checked against GBIF. Classifications can change as research goes on.
The basic data are the values given in each source. They vary with how the animal is measured, whether it is male or female, and whether it lives in the wild or in captivity.
This page was translated from the original Japanese with the help of AI.
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