The Sona sea catfish, also called the marine catfish or the dusky catfish, (''Sciades sona'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by

Francis Buchanan-Hamilton Francis Buchanan (15 February 1762 – 15 June 1829), later known as Francis Hamilton but often referred to as Francis Buchanan-Hamilton, was a Scottish physician who made significant contributions as a geographer, zoologist, and botanist whil ...

in 1822, originally under the genus '' Pimelodus''. It inhabits rivers, estuaries and marine coasts around Pakistan, Indonesia, Polynesia and Thailand. It reaches a maximum total length of , but more commonly reaches a TL of . Its maximum known life expectancy is 6 years. Males and females mate for life. The Sona sea catfish feeds on

finfish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of liv ...

and

benthic The benthic zone is the ecological region at the lowest level of a body of water such as an ocean, lake, or stream, including the sediment surface and some sub-surface layers. The name comes from ancient Greek, βένθος (bénthos), meaning "t ...

invertebrates.Food items reported for ''Sciades sona''
at www.fishbase.org. Its meat is marketed fresh, as well as dried and salted.

References

Ariidae Taxa named by Francis Buchanan-Hamilton - 1822 Fish described in 1822 {{Ariidae-stub