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Smooth-headed catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Plicofollis
Species: P. nellanella
Binomial name
Plicofollis nellanella
(Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Pimelodus nella Valenciennes, 1840
  • Arius nella (Valenciennes, 1840)
  • Arius leiotetocephalus Bleeker, 1846
  • Tachysurus leiotetocephalus (Bleeker, 1846)
  • Bagrus meyenii Müller & Troschel, 1849

The smooth-headed catfish (Plicofollis nella), also known as the shieldhead catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Pimelodus. It inhabits marine and brackish waters in New Guinea, Australia, and southern and southeastern Asia. It reaches a maximum total length of 47 cm (19 in).

References

  1. ^ Synonyms of Plicofollis nella at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Plicofollis nella at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Plicofollis nella". FishBase. July 2019 version.
Taxon identifiers
Plicofollis nella


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