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Thinspine sea catfish (Plicofollis layardi)
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Thinspine sea catfish (Plicofollis layardi) specimen
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Ariidae

Thinspine sea catfish

Plicofollis layardi

Forty Nine Point Two Centimeters Catfish of the Indian Ocean

  • Tropical
  • Regional distribution
  • Indian Ocean
  • Africa
  • South Asia
  • Fusiform
  • Medium
  • Tropical fish

Thinspine sea catfish is known around Western Indian Ocean as a fish; Records give a maximum length of 49.2 cm, and its body is fusiform body.

Family
Ariidae
Maximum length
49.2 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
Western Indian Ocean: Mozambique and Persian Gulf to Sri Lanka.

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