Ariidae

Beardless sea catfish

Batrachocephalus mino

A beardless catfish of bays and river mouths

• Tropical
• Regional distribution
• Pacific Ocean
• South Asia
• Southeast Asia
• Medium
• Tropical fish

Batrachocephalus mino, the beardless sea catfish, is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Batrachocephalus of the family Ariidae. This species occurs in marine and brackish waters of Bay of Bengal, and parts of the western central Pacific, in coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers. It is distributed from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, to Indonesia.