Flatmouth sea catfish
| Flatmouth sea catfish | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Plicofollis |
| Species: | P. platystomus
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| Binomial name | |
| Plicofollis platystomus (Day, 1877)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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The flatmouth sea catfish (Plicofollis platystomus), also known as the flat-mouthed catfish or the flatmouth catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Francis Day in 1877, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits estuaries and coastal marine waters in India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft).[4] It reaches a maximum total length of 31 cm (12 in).[3]
The diet of the flatmouth sea catfish consists of benthic invertebrates.[5] It is considered an important foodfish, and its meat is marketed fresh. Due to a lack of known significant threats to its population, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist.[4]
References
- ^ a b Synonyms of Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicofollis platystomus". FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ^ a b Plicofollis platystomus at the IUCN redlist.
- ^ Food items reported for Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.