Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Ariidae
Genus: Plicofollis
Species: P. layardi
Name
Plicofollis Kailola, 2004
References
Primary references
Plicofollis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the coasts of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Australasia with some species ranging up into the Philippines. They occur in marine, brackish and fresh waters. There are currently eight described species in this genus.
Species
Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) (longsnouted catfish)
Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) (blacktip sea-catfish)
Plicofollis magatensis (Herre, 1926)
Plicofollis nella (Valenciennes, 1840) (smooth-headed catfish)
Plicofollis platystomus (F. Day, 1877) (flatmouth sea-catfish)
Plicofollis polystaphylodon (Bleeker, 1846) (Mozambique sea-catfish)
Plicofollis tenuispinis (F. Day, 1877) (thinspine sea-catfish)
Plicofollis tonggol (Bleeker, 1846) (roughback sea-catfish)
References
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Plicofollis in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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