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Osteogeneiosus militaris (Linnaeus, 1758)

Soldier catfish
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India country information

Common names: Pirathi-jella, Pone-keliti, Ponkelithi
Occurrence: native
Salinity: freshwater
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Uses: no uses
Comments: Found along continental shelf (Ref. 45255). Also occurs in Chilka Lake (Ref. 29108).
National Checklist:
Country Information: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/resources/the-world-factbook/geos/in.html
National Fisheries Authority:
Occurrences: Occurrences Point map
Main Ref: Talwar, P.K. and A.G. Jhingran, 1991
National Database:

Common names from other countries

Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | Catalog of Fishes(genus, species) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS | Cloffa

Teleostei (teleosts) > Siluriformes (Catfishes) > Ariidae (Sea catfishes) > Ariinae
Etymology: Osteogeneiosus: Greek, osteon = bone + Greek, gene, genes = birth, race (Ref. 45335).
  More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Marine; freshwater; brackish; demersal; potamodromous (Ref. 51243).   Tropical

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