Arius
caelatus Valenciennes, 1840 |
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Jean-Francois
Helias (3)
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ScotCat Sources: |
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| Other
Sources: |
| Fishbase Google
ACSI
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| Relevant
Information: |
Head shield strongly
rugose and granulated; supra-occipital process short, about as long
as broad, with median keel, hind end concave. Dorsal
and pectoral fins with very strong, thick, and coarsely granulated
spine; tip of dorsal spine produced into a long filament;
adipose fin rather large. Body with metallic blue luster.
Tip of dorsal fin blackish, its filament black; pectoral,
pelvic and anal fins dusky; caudal fin paler; adipose fin
either entirely black or bearing a large black blotch on upper
half. |
| Common
Name: |
Engraved catfish
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| Synonyms: |
Tachysurus caelatus,
Cephalocassis coelatus
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| Family: |
Ariidae
mblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Indo-Pacific:
east and west coast of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Myanmar,
Thailand, the Indo-Australian archipelago but not in
the Philippines or Australia |
| Size:
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40.0cm.
(16ins) |
| Temp: |
26-29°c
(79-85°f ) |
| p.H. |
7.0-8.5. |
| Reference: |
Froese, R.
and D. Pauly. Editors. 2006.FishBase. World Wide Web electronic
publication.
www.fishbase.org, version (03/2006). |
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Family: Ariidae
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Arius caelatus
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 Arius
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 Arius
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Showing the strongly
rugose and granulated head
shield
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