Description:
Teeth absent from roof of mouth with the mouth opening
wide, extending far beyond eye. Only one species recorded
(monotypic). Habitat: Found in the
lower parts of rivers in either fresh or brackish
waters. Occurs in coastal waters from Thailand to
Indonesia and westward to the Andaman Islands. Diet:
Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. Remarks:
Caught with trawls, seines, and traps.
Common
Name:
Bigmouth
sea catfish
Synonyms:
Pimelodus pectinidens
Family:
Ariidae
Distribution:
Asia:
Eastern
Bay of Bengal and Malay Peninsula; in nearshore coastal
waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers (Kailola,
1999). Type locality: Banjermassing,
in fluviis.
Size:
25cm. (10ins)
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, ( 02/2019 ). Grant, Steven. pers. comm. 2019.
Kailola, P.J., 1999 Ariidae (=Tachysuridae):
sea catfishes (fork-tailed catfishes). Rainboth, W.J., 1996. Fishes of the
Cambodian Mekong. FAO species identification field
guide for fishery purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p. Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991.
Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume
2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
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