Nutritional Freshwater Life
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Wallago attu Bloch & Schneider 1801
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Siluridae
Common name: Wallago.
Distribution: Asia: Pakistan to Vietnam
and Indonesia; Afghanistan (Torres,
1991v).
Habitat: Freshwater, brackish water;
large rivers, lakes, tanks.
Description: Body of this species is
elongated and strongly compressed.
Head is broad and snout is depressed.
Mouth is very deeply cleft and its corner reaches far behind the eyes. Teeth
in jaws are set in wide bands. Barbels
are in two pairs. Maxillary barbels
extend to anterior margin of the anal
fin. Mandibular barbels, which are
longer than the pelvic fin, extend to
the angle of the mouth. Eyes are small
with a free orbital margin. Dorsal fin is
small and anal fin is very long. Eyes are
located in front of the vertical through
the corner of the mouth. This species
reaches a maximum size of 240 cm
(Torres, 1991v).
Nutritional Facts
Proximate Composition (% WW)
Moisture Ash
Fat
Protein
Male
76.19
3.36
4.03
15.69
Female
76.0
3.31
4.27
15.69
Source: Yousaf et al. (2011)
FaMiLy: SChiLBeidae (SChiLBid CatFiSheS)
Eutropiichthys vacha Hamilton 1822
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Schilbeidae
Common name: Batchwa bacha.
Distribution: Asia: Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand
(Luna, 1988i).
Habitat: Freshwater, brackish water;
rivers, canals, and tidal waters.
Description: Body of this species is
elongated and laterally compressed.
Dorsal and ventral profiles are almost
convex. Upper jaw is longer than lower
jaw. Four pairs of barbels are present.
Dorsal spine is serrated posteriorly,
and pectoral is serrated internally.
Adipose fin is present. Caudal fin is
deeply forked. Body is silver colored
with grayish back. Pectoral and anal