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Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840)

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Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO (1)

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Description: Dorsal spines (total): 1; Anal spines: 0; Anal soft rays: 14 - 21. Head depressed and elongate, 27 - 36% (mean 32%) of SL; exposed shield very striate or sharply granular. Narrow supraoccipital process, always keeled. Low set eyes. Small mouth, width 24 - 40% (mean 31%) of HL. Gill rakers absent on hind aspect of first 2 gill arches. Posterior epithelial ridges of palate run transversely. Caudal peduncle depth, 1.3 - 2.1 in its length. Habitat: Occurs in inshore waters over soft bottoms. Diet: Feeds on detritus, prawns, soft-bodied organisms, and mud. Etymology: The genus name Plicofollis: plico, fold; follis, bellows or windbag, referring to creased or scalloped swim bladder characteristic of the genus. The specific name argyropleuron: arguros, silver; pleuron, side, referring to the silver belly and sides.

Common Name:

Longsnouted catfish

Synonyms:

Arius argyropleuron, Arius acutus, Arius hamiltonis, Arius macrocephalus, Arius layardi, Tachysurus broadbenti, Hemipimelodus colcloughi

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

Indo-West Pacific/South and southeast Asia: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia, Australia, China, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Thailand. Type locality: Java.

Size:

50.0cm. TL (20ins)

Temp:

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. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Marceniuk, A.P. and N.A. Menezes, 2007. Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416:1-126.
Plicofollis argyropleuron in Fishes of Australia, accessed 08 Sep 2020 Fishes of Australia.
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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