Wallago micropogon
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Wallago micropogon is a species of the genus
Wallago
, which is a type of catfish. This species was recently discovered and is found only in the Mekong River drainage area, which includes southern Vietnam
, northern Laos
, and parts of Thailand
. It is a freshwater fish.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
Wallago
Wallago
Wallago is a genus of catfishes of the family Siluridae, or "sheatfishes". They are found in rivers throughout southern Asia...
, which is a type of catfish. This species was recently discovered and is found only in the Mekong River drainage area, which includes southern Vietnam
Vietnam
Vietnam – sometimes spelled Viet Nam , officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam – is the easternmost country on the Indochina Peninsula in Southeast Asia. It is bordered by China to the north, Laos to the northwest, Cambodia to the southwest, and the South China Sea –...
, northern Laos
Laos
Laos Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດ ປະຊາທິປະໄຕ ປະຊາຊົນລາວ Sathalanalat Paxathipatai Paxaxon Lao, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic, is a landlocked country in Southeast Asia, bordered by Burma and China to the northwest, Vietnam to the east, Cambodia to the south and Thailand to the west...
, and parts of Thailand
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. It is a freshwater fish.