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Pirayu (1) Kamphol Udomritthiruj (1)

Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 17 - 21; Vertebrae: 49 - 50. Teeth strong, non-depressible; in narrow bands in jaws and in four patches arranged across front palate. Snout prominent, jaw teeth exposed; mouth wide. Head somewhat venulosus, head shield almost smooth. Eye small, free of head skin, 6-14% HL. No rakers on posterior face of first two arches; gill opening wide. Habitat: Inhabits coastal and lower mangrove areas, estuaries into main rivers and lagoons. Colouration: Body orange-yellow; lips, inside mouth and body usually covered with orange or yellow mucus, and teeth usually reddish. Etymology: The genus name Batrachocephalus: bátrachos, frog; cephalus, from kephal, head, referring to the frog-like head of B. ageneiosus (= mino). The species epithet mino: presumably a local name for this fish along upper Ganges estuaries in India.

Warrior catfish

Arius dioctes, Hemiarius dioctes

Ariidae

Western Central Pacific: Southern coast of New Guinea and rivers from Kamora River to Otokwa River, and eastward to Gulf of Papua rivers; northern coast and rivers of Australia from Adelaide to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Type locality: Norman River at Karumba (17º29'S, 140º50'E), Queensland, Australia.

120.0cm. (48ins)

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The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.