Belodontichthys dinema

E805698

Belodontichthys dinema is a species of sheatfish in the family Siluridae, known as a large predatory freshwater catfish native to Southeast Asian river systems.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Belodontichthys 1
Belodontichthys dinema canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf catfish ⓘ
fish species ⓘ
activityPeriod nocturnal ⓘ
bodyShape elongated ⓘ
slender ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialUse fisheries ⓘ
commonName sheatfish ⓘ
describedBy Bleeker ⓘ
describedIn 19th century ⓘ
diet piscivorous ⓘ
distributionRegion Indochina ⓘ
Mainland Southeast Asia ⓘ
ecologicalRole top or mid-level predator ⓘ
environment deep channels ⓘ
turbid large rivers ⓘ
family Siluridae ⓘ
fin long anal fin ⓘ
small dorsal fin ⓘ
genus Belodontichthys ⓘ
habitat freshwater ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasBarbels yes ⓘ
hasWhiskers yes ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifestyle benthopelagic ⓘ
maximumLength about 60 cm ⓘ
migratoryBehavior riverine migrations ⓘ
nativeTo Borneo ⓘ
Chao Phraya River basin ⓘ
linked to: Chao Phraya River

Malay Peninsula ⓘ
Mekong River basin ⓘ
linked to: Mekong River

Southeast Asia ⓘ
Sumatra ⓘ
order Siluriformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
preysOn juvenile fish ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
regionOfFisheryImportance Chao Phraya River ⓘ
Mekong River ⓘ
reproduction oviparous ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
trophicLevel predator ⓘ
usedAsFood yes ⓘ
waterType freshwater ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Siluridae → includesTaxon → Belodontichthys dinema ⓘ
Siluridae → includesGenus → Belodontichthys ⓘ
linked to: Belodontichthys dinema