Description

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Common Names

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Fleshysnout catfish , English , Global

Sea catfish , English , Philippines

异海鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

異海鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Kanduli , Tagalog , Philippines

Tabangongo , Tagalog , Philippines

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ariidae

Genus: Arius

Species: Arius dispar Herre, 1926

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Asia: Taiwan, Philippines, and questionably from northern Borneo.

Biology

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Found in turbid inshore waters, estuaries, embayments, and brackish water lagoons (Ref. 38478). Feeds mainly from the bottom (Ref. 26909). An excellent food fish.

Habitat

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brackish