Sagor catfish

Hexanematichthys sagor

Forty Five Centimeters Catfish from the Red Sea

Tropical
Transcontinental
Pacific Ocean
Africa
East Asia
Oceania
South Asia
Southeast Asia
Medium
Tropical fish

Hexanematichthys sagor, the Sagor catfish, Sagor sea catfish, Sunda sea-catfish, marine catfish or dusky catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton in 1822, originally under the genus Pimelodus. It inhabits estuaries and freshwater bodies in numerous areas of the Indo-Western Pacific Ocean.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Hexanematichthys
Maximum length: 45 cm
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: Pakistan, west and east coast of India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Indo-Australian Archipelago (but not occurring in Papua New Guinea or Australia). Also reported from China, and Philippines (Ref. 7050 ). Reports from eastern Africa and the Red Sea need confirmation.

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