Biology:Plicofollis
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Short description: Genus of fishes
| Plicofollis | |
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| Plicofollis dussumieri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Plicofollis Kailola, 2004 |
| Type species | |
| Arius argyropleuron Valenciennes, 1840
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Plicofollis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the coasts of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Australasia with some species ranging up into the Philippines . They occur in marine, brackish and fresh waters. There are currently eight described species in this genus.
Species
- Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) (longsnouted catfish)
- Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) (blacktip sea-catfish)
- Plicofollis magatensis (Herre, 1926)
- Plicofollis nella (Valenciennes, 1840) (smooth-headed catfish)
- Plicofollis platystomus (F. Day, 1877) (flatmouth sea-catfish)
- Plicofollis polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846) (Mozambique sea-catfish)
- Plicofollis tenuispinis (F. Day, 1877) (thinspine sea-catfish)
- Plicofollis tonggol (Bleeker, 1846) (roughback sea-catfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Plicofollis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Wikidata ☰ Q2279404 entry
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