Belodontichthys dinema

The Belodontichthys dinema lives in the demersal, potamodromous, freshwater environment.

The genus Belodontichthys dinema was proposed by Bleeker (1858) in his revision of siluroid fishes. The genus consisted of the type species (dinema) which he had previously described as a member of the genus Wallago (Bleeker, 1851). More

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Common names

Cá trèn rang in Vietnamese (Tiếng Việt)
Khlang hai in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
Khop in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Khop in Laotian
Kölimonni in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Lais tabirin in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Pa khop in Lao (ພາສາລາວ)
Pa khop in Laotian
Tebirin in Malay (bahasa Melayu)
Trey klang hay in Khmer (ភាសាខ្មែរ)
怖矛齒鯰 in Mandarin Chinese
怖矛齿鲶 in Mandarin Chinese

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Order : Siluriformes
Family : Siluridae
Genus : Belodontichthys
Species : Belodontichthys dinema
Authority : Bleeker, 1851