Least ConcernSaltwater Crocodile
Crocodylus porosus
One of the 4 catfishes on WAnimals
Bony fish · Siluriformes · Bagridae
Mystus seenghala
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
A large catfish of the rivers of the Indian subcontinent, with an elongated body, a flattened head and four pairs of sensory barbels. It hunts fish, crustaceans and frogs at night, guided by smell and by the touch of its barbels in turbid water where sight is no use. It is an important food fish in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh. It is also known as Sperata seenghala.
Size
60 cm – 1.5 m
Diet
Carnivore
Feeds mainly on other animals.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sources consulted: FishBase (Froese & Pauly, eds.) · Lista Roja de la UICN · Talwar y Jhingran, Inland Fishes of India
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Giant River-catfish — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about giant river-catfish.
