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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Plicofollis |
Species: | P. argyropleuron
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Binomial name | |
Plicofollis argyropleuron (
Valenciennes, 1840)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The longsnouted catfish (Plicofollis argyropleuron), also known as Broadbent's catfish, spoon-nosed catfish, large-scaled catfish, sharp-headed catfish, and sand catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits brackish and marine waters in New Guinea, Australia, and southern and south-eastern Asia. It reaches a maximum total length of 50 cm (20 in). [3]
The diet of the longsnouted catfish includes bony fish, benthic crustaceans including crabs and prawns, detritus, mollusks, polychaete and annelid worms, algae and mud. [4] [5] [6] [3]
Longsnouted catfish | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Plicofollis |
Species: | P. argyropleuron
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Binomial name | |
Plicofollis argyropleuron (
Valenciennes, 1840)
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Synonyms [1] | |
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The longsnouted catfish (Plicofollis argyropleuron), also known as Broadbent's catfish, spoon-nosed catfish, large-scaled catfish, sharp-headed catfish, and sand catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Arius. [1] It inhabits brackish and marine waters in New Guinea, Australia, and southern and south-eastern Asia. It reaches a maximum total length of 50 cm (20 in). [3]
The diet of the longsnouted catfish includes bony fish, benthic crustaceans including crabs and prawns, detritus, mollusks, polychaete and annelid worms, algae and mud. [4] [5] [6] [3]