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sea catfish

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Also known as: Ariidae

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classification

In ostariophysan: Annotated classification
Family Ariidae (sea catfishes) Nasal barbels lacking; oral incubation of eggs. Food fishes. Marine, a few entering fresh water. Tropical coasts, worldwide. About 21 genera, about 150 species. Family Plotosidae (eeltail catfishes) Lack adipose fin; long anal and caudal fins confluent. Marine, brackish and freshwater, Indo-Pacific. 10
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In catfish
…protects its young, while male sea catfishes (Ariidae) carry the marble-sized eggs, and later the young, in their mouths.
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