Bronze catfish

Netuma bilineata

Catfish beneath the Persian Gulf

Bronze catfish is a freshwater fish of Indo-West Pacific. The species occupies estuaries and brackish water. Records give a maximum length of 90 cm.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Netuma
Maximum length: 90 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Persian Gulf to the Indo-Malayan region, northern Australia, Queensland, and north to southern Japan. Has long been confused with Arius thalassinus (Rüppell 1837).

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