Giant catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Netuma |
Species: | N. thalassina
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Binomial name | |
Netuma thalassina (
Rüppell, 1837)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The giant catfish (Netuma thalassina), also known as the giant sea catfish, giant salmon catfish, giant marine-catfish, or the khagga, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Eduard Rüppell in 1837, originally under the genus Bagrus. [1] It inhabits estuaries and occasionally freshwater bodies, in Japan, Australia, Polynesia, southern Vietnam in the Mekong Delta, the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 195 m (33 to 640 ft). [3] It reaches a maximum total length of 185 cm (73 in), but usually reaches a TL of 70 cm (28 in).
The diet of the giant catfish includes crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp, prawns and stomatopods; worms, finfish, cephalopods, sea cucumbers, and mollusks. [4] [5] [6] It spawns between April and August. [7]
The giant catfish is harvested commercially and recreationally. [3]
Giant catfish | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Netuma |
Species: | N. thalassina
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Binomial name | |
Netuma thalassina (
Rüppell, 1837)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The giant catfish (Netuma thalassina), also known as the giant sea catfish, giant salmon catfish, giant marine-catfish, or the khagga, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Eduard Rüppell in 1837, originally under the genus Bagrus. [1] It inhabits estuaries and occasionally freshwater bodies, in Japan, Australia, Polynesia, southern Vietnam in the Mekong Delta, the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean. It dwells at a depth range of 10 to 195 m (33 to 640 ft). [3] It reaches a maximum total length of 185 cm (73 in), but usually reaches a TL of 70 cm (28 in).
The diet of the giant catfish includes crustaceans such as crabs, shrimp, prawns and stomatopods; worms, finfish, cephalopods, sea cucumbers, and mollusks. [4] [5] [6] It spawns between April and August. [7]
The giant catfish is harvested commercially and recreationally. [3]