Clown featherback

The Clown featherback lives in the pelagic, potamodromous, freshwater environment.

The clown featherback or spotted featherback (Chitala ornata) is a freshwater fish species in the featherbacks or knifefishes family (family Notopteridae) of order Osteoglossiformes (bony tongues), native to the Mekong River basin and the Chao Phraya River basin in Thailand. More

Common names

Clown featherback in English
Clown knifefish in English
Dtong kwai in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Dtong kwai in Laotian
Kaey in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
Koruteräkala in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Kray in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
Nožovec pestrý in Czech (česky)
Nožovec pestrý in Czech (česky)
Pa tong keua in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Pa tong keua in Laotian
Pa tong khouay in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Pa tong khouay in Laotian
Pa tong khua in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Pa tong khua in Laotian
Sydøstasiatisk knivbladfisk in Danish (dansk)
Tausenddollarfisch in German (Deutsch)
Trey krai in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
Trey kray in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
飾妝鎧甲弓背魚 in Mandarin Chinese
饰妆铠甲弓背鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Osteoglossiformes
Family : Notopteridae
Genus : Chitala
Species : Chitala ornata
Authority : Gray, 1831