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Longsnouted catfish
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
Arius acutus Bleeker, 1846 Arius argyropleuron Valenciennes, 1840 Arius colcloughi (Ogilby, 1910) Arius hamiltonis Bleeker, 1846 Arius macrocephalus Bleeker, 1846 Arius schlegeli Bleeker, 1863 Hemipimelodus colcloughi Ogilby, 1910 Tachysurus argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) Tachysurus broadbenti Ogilby, 1908 Trachysurus broadbenti Ogilby, 1908

The longsnouted catfish (Plicofollis argyropleuron), also known as Broadbent's catfish, spoon-nosed catfish, large-scaled catfish, sharp-headed catfish, and sand catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was first described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Arius. 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).

The diet of the longsnouted catfish includes bony fish, benthic crustaceans including crabs and prawns, detritus, mollusks, polychaete and annelid worms, algae and mud.

References

1. ^ Synonyms of Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.
2. Common names of Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicofollis argyropleuronargyropleuron". FishBase. July 2019 version.
4. Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Plicofollis argyropleuron (A) at www.fishbase.org.
5. Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Plicofollis argyropleuron (B) at www.fishbase.org.
6. Food items reported for Plicofollis argyropleuron at www.fishbase.org.

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