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Cryptarius truncatus

Cryptarius truncatus, the spoonsnouted catfish, is a species of sea catfish from estuaries and lower courses of rivers from the Chao Phraya to Sumatra and Java, including the lower Mekong. It inhabits brackish waters of Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia. This species has a maximum length of 42 cm (17 in) in length. This fish species feeds on fishes and crustaceans. It is caught for human consumption.

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Cryptarius truncatus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cryptarius
Species:
C. truncatus
Binomial name
Cryptarius truncatus
(Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
  • Arius truncatus

Cryptarius truncatus, the spoonsnouted catfish, is a species of sea catfish from estuaries and lower courses of rivers from the Chao Phraya to Sumatra and Java, including the lower Mekong.1 It inhabits brackish waters of Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia.2 This species has a maximum length of 42 cm (17 in) in length.1 This fish species feeds on fishes and crustaceans.1 It is caught for human consumption.1

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References

  1. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptarius truncatus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.