Batrachocephalus
| Batrachocephalus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Batrachocephalus Bleeker, 1846 |
| Species: | B. mino |
| Binomial name | |
| Batrachocephalus mino (F. Hamilton, 1822) | |
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Batrachocephalus mino, the beardless sea catfish, is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Batrachocephalus of the family Ariidae. This species occurs in marine and brackish waters of Bay of Bengal, and parts of the western central Pacific, in coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers. It is distributed from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, to Indonesia.
This fish reaches about 25.0 cm (9.8 in) in total length.
B. mino feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. It is caught commercially for human consumption.
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