/siluriformes/ariidae/netuma/thalassina/1.jpg "Netuma thalassina")
/siluriformes/ariidae/netuma/thalassina/2.jpg "Netuma thalassina")
Taken at Nagpur fish market, central India/siluriformes/ariidae/netuma/thalassina/3.jpg "Netuma thalassina")
Snout/mouth of N. bilineata(L) & N. thalassina(R)
 Cat-eLog Data Sheet | |
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| Scientific Name | Netuma thalassina (Rüppell, 1837) |
| Common Name | Giant Salmon Catfish |
| Type Locality | Massawa, Eritrea, Red Sea. |
| Synonym(s) | Ariodes aeneus, Arius nasutus, Arius serratus, Arius thalassinus, Bagrus carchariorhijnchos, Bagrus carchariorhynchos, Bagrus laevigatus, Bagrus netuma, Bagrus thalassinus, Netuma thalassina jacksonensis, Netuma thalassinus, Netuna thalassina, Tachysurus serratus, Tachysurus thalassinus |
| Species Information | |
| Size | 1850mm or 72.8" SL. Find near, nearer or same sized spp. |
| Habitat Information | |
| Distribution | Western Indian Ocean: known with certainty from the Red Sea and the northwestern Indian Ocean. A closely related form occurs in the Philippines and Gulf of Thailand. The wider distribution usually given for this species stems from misidentifications of similar species overlapping its range. Also reported from Australia, Polynesia and Japan and rarely in the Mekong delta. Indian Ocean, Western Indian Ocean (click on these areas to find other species found there) Login to view the map. |
| IUCN Red List Category | Not Evaluated |
| Temperature | 26.0-29.0°C or 78.8-84.2°F (Show species within this range) |
| Other Parameters | A marine species often found in estuaries, but rarely enters freshwater. Reported to occasionally ascend into fresh water. |
| Husbandry Information | |
| Feeding | Feeds mainly on crabs, prawns, mantis shrimps (Squilla species) but also on fishes and mollusks. User data. |
| Breeding | Unreported. |
| Breeding Reports | There is no breeding report. |
| Further Information | |
| Reference | Neue Wirbelthiere zu der Fauna von Abyssinien gehörig. Fische des Rothen Meeres, pp 75, Pl. 20 (fig. 2). |
| Registered Keepers | There is but a single registered keeper, view all "my cats" data. |
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| Spotters | Spotted this species somewhere? Click the binoculars! There is but a single record of this fish being seen, view it. |
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| LFS label creator ARN ref:1.9.475.1103 | |
| Last Update | 2025 Jan 02 01:38 (species record created: 2003 Aug 27 00:00) |