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Olyra
Olyra is a genus of catfishes of the family Bagridae. This genus occurs throughout South Asia and western Indochina, from India to western Thailand.
In Asia, Olyra species are known as fighting catfish; they are placed in small aquaria to battle one another similar to Siamese fighting fish, and money is bet on the outcome.
7 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 7 known species
Olyra longicaudata
speciesOlyra longicaudata
Olyra burmanica
speciesOlyra burmanica
Olyra astrifera
speciesOlyra astrifera
Olyra saginata
speciesOlyra saginata
Olyra parviocula
speciesOlyra parviocula
Olyra praestigiosa
speciesOlyra praestigiosa
Olyra horae
speciesOlyra horae
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 90449.