About this species
Netuma patriciae, the whipfin sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines.
Text from the Wikipedia article “Netuma patriciae”, 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: 0 records
- April: 0 records
- May: 0 records
- June: 0 records
- July: 0 records
- August: 2 records
- September: 0 records
- October: 0 records
- November: 0 records
- December: 3 records
Depth and water temperature
Water temperature
Recorded in surface water of 29–29 °C
Names and classification
Similar species
- Giant Sea Catfish
Netuma thalassina
- Manila sea catfish
Arius manillensis
- squirrelheaded catfish
Arius microcephalus
- Sagor catfish
Hexanematichthys sagor
- Shieldhead Catfish
Plicofollis nella
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).
- 5 open-data records from 1933 to 1953.
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