The smooth-headed catfish (''Plicofollis nella''), also known as the shieldhead catfish,Common names of ''Plicofollis nella''
at www.fishbase.org. is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by

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in 1840, originally under the genus '' Pimelodus''. It inhabits marine and brackish waters in New Guinea,

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, and southern and southeastern Asia. It reaches a maximum total length of .

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Ariidae Fish described in 1840 {{Ariidae-stub