Description

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Common Names

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Squirrelheaded catfish , English , Global

小头海鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

小頭海鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鼠海鯰 , Mandarin Chinese , China

鼠海鲶 , Mandarin Chinese , China

Taxonomic Hierarchy

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Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Teleostei

Order: Siluriformes

Family: Ariidae

Genus: Arius

Species: Arius microcephalus Bleeker, 1855

Climate Zone

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Tropical

Location

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Western Pacific: Eastern Thailand and throughout Borneo.

Biology

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Found in inshore and turbid brackish waters and tidal reaches of rivers (Ref. 38478). Probably feeding on mollusks or thick-shelled crustaceans (Ref. 38478).

Habitat

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brackish