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{{Taxobox | color = pink

|living=no

| name = Wallago

|class=Start

| image = Wallago_attu_046.JPG

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| image_width = 250px

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|listas=Blaylock, Chet

| regnum = [[Animal]]ia

| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]

| classis = [[Actinopterygii]]

| ordo = [[Siluriformes]]

| familia = [[Siluridae]]

| genus = ''[[Wallago]]''

| species = ''W. attu''

| binomial = ''Wallago attu''

| binomial_authority = Bloch & Schneider, 1801

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'''''Wallago attu''''' is a species of catfish in the family [[Siluridae]], or "sheatfishes". The fish is commonly known by its genus name, '''[[wallago]]'''. Found in large rivers and lakes, it can reach 2.4 [[metre|m]] (8 [[foot (length)|feet]]) total length. This south [[Asia]]n fish is found from [[Pakistan]] to [[Vietnam]] and [[Indonesia]], and is also reported from [[Afghanistan]].

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[[Image:WallagoAttuDay.jpg|thumb|left]]

In [[Malaysia]], the wallago is known as "Ikan Tapah," and this name is the origin of the name of a Malaysian town, [[Tapah]].

==References==

* {{FishBase species|genus=Wallago|species=attu|year=2006|month=March}}

* {{ITIS|ID=164079|taxon=Wallago attu|year=2006|date=6 June}}

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[[Category:Siluridae]]

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