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Batrachocephalus mino (Hamilton, 1822)

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Pirayu (1) Kamphol Udomritthiruj (1) Hamid Badar Osmany (1)

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Batrachocephalus mino, the beardless sea catfish, is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Batrachocephalus of the family Ariidae. Habitat: Found in marine coastal waters, as well as in estuaries and tidal rivers. Diet: Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. 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.

Common Name:

Beardless sea catfish

Synonyms:

Ageneiosus mino, Batrachocephalus ageneiosus, Batrachocephalus micropogon,

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

Indo-West Pacific: Bay of Bengal, and parts of the western central Pacific, in coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers. Type locality: Upper part of [Ganges] estuaries.

Size:

25.0cm. TL (10ins)

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p.H.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2024. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2024 ).
Jayaram, K.C., 1984. Ariidae. In W. Fischer and G. Bianchi (eds.) FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Western Indian Ocean fishing area 51. Vol. 1. FAO, Rome. pag. var.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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Batrachocephalus mino

Batrachocephalus mino
Karachi, Pakistan

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