Family : Ariidae (Sea catfishes)
Order : Siluriformes  (catfish)
Class : Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
Fishbase Name : Flatmouth sea catfish
Fish Name : Plicofollis platystomus
Max size : 31.0 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 58022)
Environment : demersal; amphidromous
Climate : tropical
Global Importance : fisheries: commercial
Resilience: Medium, minimum population doubling time 1.4 - 4.4 years (Preliminary K or Fecundity.)Distribution : Indian Ocean: India and Sri Lanka. Also reported from Pakistan (Ref. 2872), Myanmar (Ref. 5736) and Bangladesh (Ref. 58022).
Diagnosis :
Biology : Occurs in coastal waters and estuaries. Feeds mainly on invertebrates. Caught mainly with bottom trawls, stake traps, shore seines, set bagnets and on hook and line. An important food fish (Ref. 3290)
Threatened : Dangerous:  
Dangerous : harmless
Coordinator : Ferraris, Jr., Carl J.
Main Ref : Jayaram, K.C.. 1984. (Ref. 3290)

India country information
Common Names : खादापी शिंगऴा, खादापिशिंगऴा, Flat-mouthed catfish, Khadapi-shingala
Status : native
Salinity : brackish, marine
Uses : no uses