''Plicofollis'' is a genus of

sea catfish The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species. Fossil ...

es found along the coasts of the

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from

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with some species ranging up into the

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. They occur in marine,

brackish Brackish water, sometimes termed brack water, is water occurring in a natural environment that has more salinity than freshwater, but not as much as seawater. It may result from mixing seawater (salt water) and fresh water together, as in estuari ...

and fresh waters. There are currently eight described species in this genus.

Species

* '' Plicofollis argyropleuron'' (

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, 1840) (longsnouted catfish) * '' Plicofollis dussumieri'' (

, 1840) (blacktip sea-catfish) * '' Plicofollis magatensis'' ( Herre, 1926) * '' Plicofollis nella'' (

, 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

* Ariidae Catfish genera Taxa named by Patricia J. Kailola {{Ariidae-stub