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Bronze Catfish

Netuma bilineata

Bronze Catfish
Hamid Badar Osmany · CC BY 3.0

Overview

The bronze catfish, also known as the giant catfish, the roundsnout sea catfish, or the two-line sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Bagrus. It inhabits marine, brackish and freshwaters throughout the Indo-western Pacific. It reaches a maximum standard length of 62 cm (24 in).

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  1. Wikipedia (EN): Bronze catfish — CC BY-SA 4.0