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💧 Freshwater Least Concern ⚠️ Venomous ⚡ Traumatogenic 🌡️ Tropical

Cephalocassis Borneensis

Cephalocassis borneensis Bleeker, 1851
Max Length
30 cm
Max Weight
-
Lifespan
-
Trophic Level
3
Depth
-
Climate
Tropical
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
34.00/100
Typical Length
-
Depth Zone
demersal

📖 Overview

Occurs in large lowland rivers. Diets consists of bivalve mollusks, crustaceans, aquatic macrophytes and plant detritus. Marketed fresh .

Scientific Name
Cephalocassis borneensis
Authority
Bleeker, 1851
Habitat
Freshwater
Climate
Tropical
Body Shape
Elongated
IUCN Status
LC
Max Length
30 cm
Trophic Level
3
Resilience
Medium
Vulnerability
34.00/100
Migration
Potamodromous

🔬 Taxonomy

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Teleostei
Teleostei
Order
Siluriformes
Siluriformes
Family
Ariidae
Ariidae
Genus
Cephalocassis
Cephalocassis
Species
Cephalocassis Borneensis
Cephalocassis borneensis

🐟 Physical Description

Head about as deep as wide; rounded snout; without teeth on palate .: elongated.

🌀 Behaviour

Behavioural data for Cephalocassis Borneensis is currently being reviewed.

🦐 Diet

Diet information for Cephalocassis Borneensis is currently being compiled.

🥚 Reproduction

Male carries the eggs in his mouth until hatching.

🌍 Habitat & Distribution

Freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous . Tropical Central Pacific: Sundaland and Indochina (Ref.

🌿 Ecology

Zone Preferences
💧 Freshwater 🌿 Brackish ⬇️ Benthic
Migration
Potamodromous
Trophic Level
3±0.37

📐 Morphometrics

Length–Weight Relationship: W = 0.00468 × L3.13 (TL)
Max TL
30cm

🛡️ Conservation Assessment

IUCN Category
Least Concern
Assessment Date
2020

📊 Population Risk & Fisheries

Population Resilience
Medium
Minimum doubling time
Fishing Vulnerability
34.00/100
Low vulnerability
Trophic Level
3
Predator
Body Shape
Elongated
Climate Zone
Tropical
Described By
Bleeker, 1851

🌐 Names & Taxonomy

Scientific Synonyms

Scientific Name Author Year Status
Arius borneensis Bleeker 1851 Synonym
Arius intermedius Vinciguerra 1881 Heterotypic
Hemipimelodus borneensis Bleeker 1851 Synonym
Hemipimelodus intermedius Vinciguerra 1881 Heterotypic
Hemipimelodus macrocephalus Bleeker 1858 Synonym
Hemipimelodus siamensis Sauvage 1878 Synonym
Pimelodus borneensis Bleeker 1851 Synonym

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Occurrence records from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF) - 1 records indexed .

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