Cryptarius truncatus

Spoonsnouted catfish
Conservation status
	Not evaluated (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Cryptarius
Species:	C. truncatus
Binomial name
	Cryptarius truncatus; (Valenciennes in Cuvier and Valenciennes, 1840)
Synonyms
	Arius truncatus;

The spoonsnouted catfish (Cryptarius truncatus) is a species of sea catfish from estuaries and lower courses of rivers from the Chao Phraya to Sumatra and Java, including the lower Mekong.^[1] It inhabits brackish waters of Thailand, Cambodia, Indonesia, and Malaysia.^[2] This species has a maximum length of 42 cm (17 in) in length.^[1] This fish species feeds on fishes and crustaceans.^[1] It is caught for human consumption.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptarius truncatus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.

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[Fishbase-1] Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptarius truncatus". FishBase. December 2011 version.

[2] Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.

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