Giant catfish

Netuma thalassina

Catfish in Indo West Pacific

Giant catfish is known from Indo-West Pacific as a freshwater fish. It occurs in freshwater habitats.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Catfishes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Netuma
Maximum length: 185 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Indo-West Pacific: known with certainty from the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean. Also reported from Australia, Polynesia and Japan and rarely in the Mekong delta (Ref. 12693 ).

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