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Batrachocephalus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Batrachocephalus
Bleeker, 1846
Species:
B. mino
Binomial name
Batrachocephalus mino

(F. Hamilton, 1822)

Synonyms
  • Ageneiosus mino
    F. Hamilton, 1822
  • Batrachocephalus ageneiosus
    Bleeker, 1846
  • Batrachocephalus micropogon
    Bleeker, 1858

Batrachocephalus mino, the beardless sea catfish, is the only speciesofcatfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Batrachocephalus of the family Ariidae.[1] This species occurs in marine and brackish watersofBay of Bengal, and parts of the western central Pacific, in coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers.[1] It is distributed from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, to Indonesia.[2]

This fish reaches about 25.0 cm (9.8 in) in total length.[2]

B. mino feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. It is caught commercially for human consumption.[3]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Ferraris, Carl J. Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1418: 1–628. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1418.1.1.
  • ^ a b Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.
  • ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Batrachocephalus mino"inFishBase. December 2011 version.

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