Bigmouth sea catfish
Ketengus typus
- Water temperature28–29 °C
- Best monthsMarch and August
- How commonRare
About this species
Ketengus typus, the bigmouth sea-catfish, is the only species in the sea catfish genus Ketengus.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Ketengus”, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. Read the article
Where and when
Where it has been recorded
Worldwide
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Best months
Worldwide (open data)
- January: 0 records
- February: 0 records
- March: 1 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 1 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 0 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 28–29 °C
Names and classification
- English
- Bigmouth sea catfish, largemouthed catfish
Names in 1 more languages
- Thai
- ปลากดหัวลิง
Other scientific names: Ktengus typus, Pimelodus pectinidens
Similar species
Sea BarbelGaleichthys feliceps
Blue CatfishNeoarius graeffei
Giant Sea CatfishNetuma thalassina
Black-spotted SeacatfishArius maculatus
Shovelnose sea catfishArius subrostratus
Sagor catfishHexanematichthys sagor
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Depth, temperature, months and maps: records from OBIS and GBIF under CC0 or CC BY.
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Conservation status as published by GBIF (IUCN Red List).
- 9 open-data records from 1846 to 1989.
- Species data updated November 3, 2026.
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