Nemapteryx nenga
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Nemapteryx |
Species: | N. nenga
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Binomial name | |
Nemapteryx nenga (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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Nemapteryx nenga or kata is a sea catfish found in the Arabian Sea, the Bay of Bengal and the Pacific Ocean off of Thailand. It is found in marine as well as brackish waters and reaches a length of 30 cm.
References[]
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Nemapteryx nenga" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
Categories:
- Ariidae
- Catfish of Asia
- Fish of the Indian Ocean
- Fish of the Pacific Ocean
- Marine fish of Southeast Asia
- Fish of India
- Fish of Bangladesh
- Fish of Pakistan
- Fish of Thailand
- Fish described in 1822
- Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton
- Ariidae stubs