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Long-whiskered catfish
Sperata aor
Sperata aor, the long-whiskered catfish (Bengali: আইড়), is a species of bagrid catfish found in southern Asia in the nations of Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bangladesh and Myanmar. It grows to a length of 180 centimetres (71 in) and is commercially fished for human consumption. It is also a popular gamefish.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 112888.