Nemapteryx
caelata (Valenciennes, 1840) |
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| Jean-Francois
Helias (3)
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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. Mostly marine. Enters brackish waters and tidal rivers.
Regularly ascends into fresh water in the Mekong delta. Feeds mainly
on invertebrates and small fishes. Marketed fresh, also dried-salted.
An important food fish. |
| Common
Name: |
Engraved catfish
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| Synonyms: |
Tachysurus caelatus,
Cephalocassis coelatus, Arius caelatus
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| Family: |
Ariidae
mblycipitidae |
| Distribution: |
South and southeast
Asia. Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh,
Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Cambodia and Indonesia. Type
locality: Jakarta, Java, Indonesia; Bombay, India. |
| 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).
Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A.
(2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes),
with a redefinition of the genera" Zootaxa 1416: 1–126.
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