Plicofollis dussumieri

(Valenciennes, 1840) · species

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Animalia/Chordata/Siluriformes/Ariidae/Plicofollis

At a glance

Occurrence records2 229

Data sources9

Biological traits9

DNA specimens6

eDNA detections0

Sources9 archives

Databases and archives Plicofollis dussumieri's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation5 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility2 178 records↗

OBISOcean Biodiversity Information System51 records↗

BOLD SystemsCentre for Biodiversity Genomics6 specimens↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

WikidataWikimedia Foundationstructured facts↗

Catalogue of LifeCOLtaxonomy↗

GLoBIGlobal Biotic Interactionsbiotic interactions↗

On this page4 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements1 literature sources9 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF · OBIS2 229 records

DNA & barcodingBOLD6 specimens

01Narrative

The blacktip sea catfish (Plicofollis dussumieri), also known as the Dussumier's catfish, the giant marine cat fish, the Shupanga sea catfish, or the tropical seacatfish,Common names of Plicofollis dussumieri at www.fishbase.org. is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Achille Valenciennes in 1840, originally under the genus Arius. It inhabits rivers and marine waters ranging between Africa and India in the Indo-western Pacific.Plicofollis dussumieri at www.fishbase.org. It dwells at a depth range of 20 to. It reaches a maximum standard length of 62 cm, and a maximum weight of 1.4 kg. The blacktip sea catfish feeds on finfish and benthic invertebrates.Food items reported for Plicofollis dussumieri at www.fishbase.org. It is harvested for its meat, which is marketed both fresh and dried-salted. Due to a lack of known significant threats to the species, it is currently ranked as Least Concern by the IUCN redlist.

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02Traits & measurements

SourcesFishBase

Size & morphology2

Body length85 cm

Body mass1 400 g

Habitat & environment4

Habitat brackishyes

Habitat freshwateryes

Habitat saltwateryes

Habitat zonedemersal

Other traits3

Depth max50 m

Depth min20 m

Vulnerability30.48

05DNA & barcoding6 specimens

A DNA barcode is a short, standardised stretch of genes that works like a fingerprint — enough to tell one species from another. Below is the molecular trace Plicofollis dussumieri has left across the world's sequence archives.

At a glance

DNA specimens6

BINs1

Marker genes1

Countries1

Marker genes sequenced

★ the standard DNA barcode for this group — the short region actually read to tell this species apart. The rest are extra genes sequenced along the way.

★COI-5P

animal barcode

07Deep time~2.51 Ma lineage

How far back this lineage goes — and how we know. Everything here is measured in Ma, short for “mega-annum”: millions of years ago. The chart reads left to right like a calendar of the Earth, from the deep past on the left to today at the right edgetop to bottom like a core drilled through the Earth, from the deep past at the top down to today at the bottom.

At a glance

DNA clock origin2.51 Ma TimeTree

When this lineage existed

How to read this: the coloured strip along the bottomdown the left is the geological calendar — the standard epochs (Pliocene, Pleistocene…) every museum uses, shown so you can see which chapter of Earth's history this lineage lived in. This lineage is a young one, so the strip is zoomed in to epochs — the finer subdivisions inside a period. The orange marker is the DNA clock: DNA accumulates mutations at a roughly steady rate, so comparing this species' DNA with its relatives estimates when the lineage split off — independently of any fossil.

DNA clock origin

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type2 229 records

Wild obs. + sensor2 162

Museum / vouchered67

Origin

Native1

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO316 km²

Depth

0–200 m sunlit9

200–1000 m twilight0

1–4 km midnight0

>4 km abyssal0

median 16 m · max 35.5 m · 9 records with depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy3% within 1 km

≤1 km 1≤10 km 23>10 km 11

35 georeferenced · 2 127 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor2 162

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy13% within 1 km

≤100 m 2≤10 km 7>10 km 6

15 georeferenced · 52 without coordinates

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence67

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
South African Institute for Aquatic Biodiversitylocation not on record	7
CSIRO, Australian National Fish Collectionlocation not on record	5
KAUMMlocation not on record	2
Washington, US	2
Brussels, BE	2
RBINS-Scientific Heritagelocation not on record	2
Museo civico La Terra e l'Uomo di Crocetta del Montellolocation not on record	1
FishBaselocation not on record	1
Kagoshima University Museumlocation not on record	1

9 institutions · 23 of 67 vouchered records shown · 7 without an institution code

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Plicofollis dussumieri

At a glance

Sources9 archives

Size & morphology2

Habitat & environment4

Other traits3

At a glance

At a glance

When this lineage existed

Record type2 229 records

Origin

Range

Depth

Wildobservation + sensor

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Wildobservation + sensor

Holding institutions2 of 9 geolocated

Record type2 229 records