Wallago leerii

Wallago leerii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Siluriformes

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii Infraclassis: Teleostei Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai Supercohors: Clupeocephala Cohors: Otomorpha Subcohors: Ostariophysi Sectio: Otophysa Ordo: Siluriformes

Familia: Siluridae
Genus: Wallago
Species: Wallago leerii

Name

• Wallago leerii Bleeker, 1851

Etymology: leerii: Named in honour of Leer.

Synonyms

• Wallagonia leerii (Bleeker, 1851)
• Wallagonia miostoma (non Vaillant, 1902) [misapplied]
• Wallago nebulosus Vaillant, 1902
• Ompok nebulosus (Vaillant, 1902)
• Wallago miostoma (non Vaillant, 1902) [misapplied]
• Wallagonia tweediei Hora & Misra, 1941
• Wallago tweediei (Hora & Misra, 1941)

Vernacular names

• English: Helicopter catfish
• ไทย: ปลาอีทุก, ปลาทุก, ปลาเค้าดำ, ปลาเค้าไฟ

References

• Wallago leerii in FishBase,
  Froese, R. & Pauly, D. (eds.) 2025. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication, www.fishbase.org, version 02/2024.