Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga

Description: It has four pairs of barbels and a very elongate base to its anal fin. The side are grey brown, becoming much darker dorsally.


Size: Upto 25-35cm

Habitat: rivers, tanks , pools with turbid/brackish water bodies

Breeding: egg leyers

Status: Indigenous

Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga/හුන්ගා

Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga/හුන්ගා

Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga/හුන්ගා

Heteropneustes fossilis - Stringing catfish - Hunga/හුන්ගා

Chathuranga Mullegama

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