Overview
Family : Sea catfishes; Found in rivers and brackish waters near the shore [1]. Feeds on invertebrates and small fishes . Not seen in markets[2].
Interesting Facts
Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Bigmouth Sea Catfish, Bigmouth Sculpin
Common Names in Finnish:
Haimerimonni
Common Names in Khmer:
Trey Kaok
Common Names in Malay:
Keting
Common Names in Mandarin Chinese:
門齒鯰, 门齿鲶
Description
Habitat
Biome: Fresh water , brackish water, saltwater . Demersal .
Taxonomy
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- animals
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Chordates
- Order:
Siluriformes
()
- Family:
d in rivers and brackish waters near the
shore
()
- Genus:
Ketengus
()
- Bleeker, 1846
- Specific name:
typus
- Bleeker, 1847
- Scientific name: - Ketengus typus Bleeker, 1847
- Specific name:
typus
- Bleeker, 1847
- Genus:
Ketengus
(
- Family:
d in rivers and brackish waters near the
shore
(
- Order:
Siluriformes
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
Synonyms
Atherinason esox (Klunzinger • Atherinichthys cephalotes Castelnau • Atherinichthys esox Klunzinger • Atherinichthys picta Castelnau
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Types
species of the genus.
Last scrutiny: Data
last modified by FishBase 14-Aug-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Ketengus
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:
K. typus (Bigmouth Sea Catfish)
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Further Reading
- Kottelat, M., A.J. Whitten, S.N. Kartikasari and S. Wirjoatmodjo (1993). Freshwater fishes of Western Indonesia and Sulawesi. Periplus Editions, Hong Kong. 221 p.
- Mohsin, A.K.M. and M.A. Ambak (1983). Freshwater fishes of Peninsular Malaysia. Penerbit Universiti Pertanian Malaysia, Malaysia. 284 p.
- Rainboth, W.J. (1996). Fishes of the Cambodian Mekong. FAO Species Identification Field Guide for Fishery Purposes. FAO, Rome, 265 p.
- Suvatti, C. (1981). Fishes of Thailand. Royal Institute of Thailand, Bangkok. 379 p.
- Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran (1991). Inland fishes of India and adjacent countries. Volume 2. A.A. Balkema, Rotterdam.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 15, 2012.
- Ferraris, Jr., Carl J. (from FishBase).
- FishBase 2006.
- FishBase. Release date: January 5, 2010
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 01, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from provider.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 01, 2008:
- Museum national d'histoire naturelle: Ichtyologie
- National Chemical Laboratory: IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5984402
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Fis-53725
- Fishbase Species ID: 23392
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 680758
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 114220
