Mozambique sea catfish

Plicofollis polystaphylodon

Thirty Five Centimeters Catfish of Indonesian Waters

Tropical
Transcontinental
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Africa
Oceania
Southeast Asia
Fusiform
Medium
Tropical fish

The Mozambique sea catfish (Plicofollis polystaphylodon), also known as the Mozambican sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1846, originally under the genus Arius. It inhabits marine and freshwaters in the western Pacific and western Indian Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Plicofollis
Maximum length: 35 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Western Indian Ocean: along the east coast of Africa and Madagascar (Ref. 3290 ). Eastern Indian Ocean: Indonesia (Java and Sumatra), Singapore and Celebes. Western Pacific: Papua New Guinea (Ref. 7050 ) and Australia (Ref. 7300 ).

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