Cephalocassis melanochir

Cephalocassis melanochir
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Cephalocassis
Species:	C. melanochir
Binomial name
	Cephalocassis melanochir; (Bleeker, 1852)
Synonyms
	Arius melanochir Bleeker, 1852; Arius doriae Vinciguerra, 1881; Tachysurus melanochir (Bleeker, 1852);

Cephalocassis melanochir is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.^[2] It was described by Pieter Bleeker in 1852, originally under the genus Arius.^[1] It inhabits freshwater lakes and rivers in Malaysia and Indonesia. It reaches a total length of 30 cm (12 in).^[2] It feeds on finfish and benthic crustaceans.^[3]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Synonyms of Cephalocassis melanochir at www.fishbase.org.
^ ^a ^b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cephalocassis melanochir" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
^ https://www.fishbase.de/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=18575&genus=Cephalocassis&species=melanochir Food items reported for Cephalocassis melanochir at www.fishbase.org.

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[Syn-fishbase-1] Synonyms of Cephalocassis melanochir at www.fishbase.org.

[fishbase-2] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cephalocassis melanochir" in FishBase. January 2019 version.

[3] ttps://www.fishbase.de/TrophicEco/FoodItemsList.php?vstockcode=18575&genus=Cephalocassis&species=melanochir Food items reported for Cephalocassis melanochir at www.fishbase.org.

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