Smooth-headed catfish
Appearance
Smooth-headed catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Plicofollis |
Species: | P. nellanella
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Binomial name | |
Plicofollis nellanella (Valenciennes, 1840)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The smooth-headed catfish (Plicofollis nella), also known as the shieldhead catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Pimelodus.[1] It inhabits marine and brackish waters in New Guinea, Australia, and southern and southeastern Asia. It reaches a maximum total length of 47 cm (19 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Synonyms of Plicofollis nella at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Plicofollis nella at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicofollis nella". FishBase. July 2019 version.