Arius leptonotacanthus is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. Cathorops agassizii is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. The Sona sea catfish feeds on finfish and benthic invertebrates. It feeds mainly on bony fishes, including sea catfish, croakers, jacks, and grunts. It is commonly known as the Manila sea catfish or kanduli. The shovelnose sea catfish is of commercial value to fisheries; it is mostly marketed fresh. The Conguito sea catfish (Cathorops liropus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. As food, roughback sea catfish are sun-dried and salted before actual trade and consumption. Larger sharks feed mainly on bony fishes, especially ariid sea catfish and their eggs.