Netuma
thalassina (Rüppell, 1837) |
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| Relevant
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Known
with certainty from the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean.
A closely related form occurs in the Philippines and Gulf
of Thailand. The wider distribution usually given for this species
stems from misidentifications of similar species overlapping its
range. Also reported from Australia, Polynesia
and Japan and rarely in the Mekong delta. A marine species often
found in estuaries, but rarely enters freshwater. Typically euryhaline.
Reported to occasionally ascend into fresh water. Recorded at temperatures
ranging from 26-29°C. Feeds mainly on crabs, prawns, mantis
shrimps (Squilla species) but also on fishes and mollusks. An important
food fish. Marketed mostly fresh; often dried. |
| Common
Name: |
Giant seacatfish
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| Synonyms: |
Bagrus thalassinus,
Bagrus netuma, Bagrus laevigatus, Arius nasutus, Catastoma nasutum,
Bagrus carchariorhynchos, Sarcogenys rostratus, Arius andamanensis,
Arius serratus, Ariodes aeneus, Netuma thalassina jacksonensis,
Netuma thalassinus |
| Family: |
Ariidae
mblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
Eastern Africa,
south and southeast Asia to New Guinea and Australia. India,
Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, China, Papua
New Guinea and Australia. Type locality: (Bagrus
thalassinus Rüppell, 1837:) Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. |
| Size:
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180.0cm.
(6ft) |
| Temp: |
26-29°c
(79-85°f ) |
| p.H. |
7.0-8.5. |
| Reference: |
Marceniuk, Alexandre
P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics
of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition
of the genera" Zootaxa 1416: 1–126.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2009.FishBase.
World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, version
(10/2009). |
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