| Longsnouted catfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Plicofollis |
| Species: | P. argyropleuron |
| Binomial name | |
| Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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The longsnouted catfish (Plicofollis argyropleuron), also known as the Broadbent's catfish, the spoon-nosed catfish, the large-scaled catfish, the sharp-headed catfish, or the sand catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was 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 southeastern 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]
References
- 1 2 Synonyms of Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Plicofollis argyropleuronargyropleuron" in FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ↑ Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Plicofollis argyropleuron (A) at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Plicofollis argyropleuron (B) at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Food items reported for Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.
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