Plicofollis

Plicofollis
Plicofollis dussumieri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Plicofollis Kailola, 2004
Type species
Arius argyropleuron Valenciennes, 1840

Plicofollis is a genus of sea catfishes found along the coasts of the Indian Ocean from Africa to Australasia with some species ranging up into the Philippines. They occur in marine, brackish and fresh waters. There are currently nine described species in this genus. ^[1]

Species

• Plicofollis argyropleuron (Valenciennes, 1840) (longsnouted catfish)
• Plicofollis dussumieri (Valenciennes, 1840) (blacktip sea-catfish)
• Plicofollis layardi (Günther, 1866) (thinspine sea-catfish)
• Plicofollis magatensis (Herre, 1926)
• Plicofollis nella (Valenciennes, 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

• Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Plicofollis". FishBase . December 2011 version.

1. Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Plicofollis". Catalog of Fishes . California Academy of Sciences . Retrieved 17 August 2025.