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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Brustiarius |
Species: | B. solidus
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Binomial name | |
Brustiarius solidus (
Herre, 1935)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The hard-palate catfish (Brustiarius solidus), also known as the hard-plate catfish, [2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1935, originally under the genus Arius. [4] It is a tropical freshwater fish which is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 60 cm (24 in), with both sexes more commonly reaching an SL of 35 cm (14 in). It reaches a maximum weight of 1.8 kg (4.0 lb). [3]
The hard-palate catfish feeds on shrimp in the genus Macrobrachium, algae in the genus Salvinia, insects and nymphs, Ophieleotris aporos, leeches, earthworms, and detritus. [5] Adults spawn year-round, laying eggs in quantities ranging from 8-85, which are incubated orally. [6]
Hard-palate catfish | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Brustiarius |
Species: | B. solidus
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Binomial name | |
Brustiarius solidus (
Herre, 1935)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The hard-palate catfish (Brustiarius solidus), also known as the hard-plate catfish, [2] is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1935, originally under the genus Arius. [4] It is a tropical freshwater fish which is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 60 cm (24 in), with both sexes more commonly reaching an SL of 35 cm (14 in). It reaches a maximum weight of 1.8 kg (4.0 lb). [3]
The hard-palate catfish feeds on shrimp in the genus Macrobrachium, algae in the genus Salvinia, insects and nymphs, Ophieleotris aporos, leeches, earthworms, and detritus. [5] Adults spawn year-round, laying eggs in quantities ranging from 8-85, which are incubated orally. [6]