Biology:Ketengus

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Short description: Genus of fishes

Ketengus
Ketengus typus Mintern 108.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
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]

Katengus typus feeds on scale of other fishes, invertebrates and small fishes.[3] K. typus grows up to 25.0 centimetres TL.[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q1844697 entry