CATFISH, FORKTAIL (BLUE)

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CATFISH, FORKTAIL (BLUE)

Scientific Name: 
Arius graffei
Fish Group: 
Catfish
Salt/Fresh: 
Salt
Also Known As: 
Forktail Catfish; Blue Catfish; CATFISH, FORKTAIL (BLUE)
Rating: 
Countries: 
Australia
Description: 
A forktail catfish
How To Identify: 
Typical Catfish, with whiskers around the mouth. A forked tail, it ranges from a bluey-purple to almost grey on top and white below on the lower sides and belly. They grow to just over 4kgs.
How To Catch: 
Mainly caught chasing other species and will readily take any sort of fish bait, prawns, even squid intended for other species. Will sometime take lures intended for other species like Barramundi
Where Found: 
Found mainly in Queensland, it is also found down into Northern NSW and also northward into the Northern territory

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