Ketengus typus
| Ketengus typus | |
|---|---|
| Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1) | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Ketengus Bleeker, 1847 |
| Species: | K. typus |
| Binomial name | |
| Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1847 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Pimelodus pectinidens Cantor, 1849 | |
Ketengus typus, the Bigmouth sea-catfish, is the only species in the sea catfish genus Ketengus (order Siluriformes).[1][2]
This fish is found in South and Southeast Asia in India, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.[1] It is distributed in the Eastern Bay of Bengal and Malay Peninsula in nearshore coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers.[2] It lives mostly in brackish waters and rarely freshwaters.[1]
K. typus feeds on invertebrates and small fishes.[3] K. typus grows up to 25.0 centimetres TL.[3]
References
- 1 2 3 Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa 1416: 1–126.
- 1 2 Ferraris, Carl J., Jr. (2007). "Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types" (PDF). Zootaxa 1418: 1–628.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Ketengus typus" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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