Wallago attu

Conservation. Conservation status in Afghanistan: Unknown. — IUCN: VU (Ng et al. 2019). — Threats: CLI, CON, FIT, TOU, EUT. — High sensitivity to human activities. — Keystone species. — Decline status: Decreasing. — Moderate priority for conservation action.

Sumber: Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist

Distribution and habitat. Distribution in Afghanistan: Kabul River. — General distribution: South Asia and Southeast Asia: Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Yunnan / China, Thailand, Indonesia and East Indies. — Habitat: This species inhabits freshwater and tidal waters in a variety of habitats, including large rivers, lakes, tanks, channels, and reservoirs. It is one of the largest, most voracious, and most predatory of the local catfish, which thrives well in rivers and tanks, especially in jheels with grassy margins. It mostly hides under holes in riverbanks and canals, and it prefers muddy tanks subject to periodic flooding from a nullah or river. It is rather sluggish and stays at the bottom of water in search of food. Freshwater.

Sumber: Fishes of Afghanistan; a revised and updated annotated checklist