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Arius utik Bleeker, 1846

 

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Arius utik is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1846. Habitat: It is known from tropical marine and brackish waters in the western Pacific. Diet: Its diet consists of mussels, flathead locust lobsters, shrimp, conger eels, ponyfish, squids and Indian mackerels. Remarks: The spelling oetik is used by Bleeker 1846:166. Correct spelling is utik, as used by Bleeker 1862:31. (Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes). On some online searches oetik is still used.

Common Name:

None

Synonyms:

Arius oetik

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

Western Pacific: Gulf of Thailand and in waters around much of Malaysia and Indonesia; in coastal waters and estuaries.

Size:

22.0cm. (8½ins)

Temp:

20-27°c (67-81°f)

p.H.

6.5-8.0.

Reference:

Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo, 1993. Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2021. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 06/2021 ).
Kailola, P.J., 1999 Ariidae (=Tachysuridae): sea catfishes (fork-tailed catfishes).



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