''Silonia childreni'' is a species of
schilbid catfish endemic to
India where it occurs in the
Krishna,
Godavari and
Cauvery River systems of the
Western Ghats. This species grows to a length of
TL. These fish occur in large rivers and reservoirs. A gregarious fish and move in
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
s during
monsoon. They feed on fish. ''S. childreni'' is a dominant species in the catches from deep waters, especially during the monsoon months between April and July.
References
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Schilbeidae
Cyprinid fish of Asia
Fauna of the Western Ghats
Freshwater fish of India
Taxa named by William Henry Sykes
Fish described in 1839
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