Squirrelheaded catfish
Appearance
Squirrelheaded catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Arius |
Species: | A. microcephalus
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Binomial name | |
Arius microcephalus Bleeker, 1855
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Synonyms[1] | |
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The squirrelheaded catfish[2] (Arius microcephalus) is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1855.[4] It inhabits tropical marine and brackish waters in the western Pacific region, including eastern Thailand and Borneo. It reaches a maximum total length of 60 cm (24 in).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Synonyms of Arius microcephalus at fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Arius microcephalus at fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Arius microcephalus". FishBase. April 2016 version.
- ^ Bleeker, P. 1855 (Nov.) [ref. 16849] Negende bijdrage tot de kennis der ichthyologische fauna van Borneo. Zoetwatervisschen van Pontianak en Bandjermasin. Natuurkundig Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsch Indië v. 9 (no. 3): 415-430.