| Flatmouth sea 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. platystomus |
| Binomial name | |
| Plicofollis platystomus (Day, 1877) | |
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The flatmouth sea catfish (Plicofollis platystomus), also known as the flat-mouthed catfish or the flatmouth catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Francis Day in 1877, originally under the genus Arius. It inhabits estuaries and coastal marine waters in India, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan. It dwells at a maximum depth of 50 m (160 ft). It reaches a maximum total length of 31 cm (12 in).
The diet of the flatmouth sea catfish consists of benthic invertebrates. It is considered an important foodfish, and its meat is marketed fresh. Due to a lack of known significant threats to its population, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist.
References
- ^ Synonyms of Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.
- Common names of Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicofollis platystomus". FishBase. July 2019 version.
- ^ Plicofollis platystomus at the IUCN redlist.
- Food items reported for Plicofollis platystomus at www.fishbase.org.
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| Plicofollis platystomus | |
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