Ketengus typus, the bigmouth sea-catfish, is the only species in the sea catfish genus Ketengus (order Siluriformes).[1] [2]
This fish is found in South and Southeast Asia in India, Andaman Islands, Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia.[1] It is distributed in the Eastern Bay of Bengal and Malay Peninsula in nearshore coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers.[2] It lives mostly in brackish waters and rarely freshwaters.[1]
Katengus typus feeds on scale of other fishes, invertebrates and small fishes. K. typus grows up to 25.0 centimetres TL.