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Name : Arius maculatus

Common Name : Sangot
Class : Actinopterygii
Order : Siluriformes
Family : Ariidae
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Description

Head shield rugose and granulated from middle of or near posterior margin of orbit to supraoccipital process; supraoccipital process longer than broad at base with a median keel, its hind end nearly straight; median longitudinal groove deep, long, reaching base of supraoccipital process; predorsal plate V-shaped; premaxillary band of teeth on upper jaw 4 to 6 times as long as broad, mandibulary band of teeth on lower jaw deeply curved and narrowly interrupted; palate teeth granular or molarlike. in a single large, fully elliptical or semioval patch on each side.


Size

Maximum length: 80.0 cm (TL), common length: 30-40 cm (TL)


Diet

Feed on invertebrates and small fishes. 


Utilization

Marketed fresh and consumed locally; Air bladders are exported as isinglass used by the wine industry?


Gears

Gillnet, trawl