Batrachocephalus mino, the beardless sea catfish, is the only species of catfish (order Siluriformes) in the genus Batrachocephalus of the family Ariidae.

The fish has a broad and depressed head with an obtuse snout, and a prominent lower jaw. The head shield and the basal bone of the dorsal fin are granular, and there is a shallow median groove on the head.

The occipital process is slightly longer than broad at the base.

A pair of small mandibular barbels are present, and the gill membranes are united to each other and with the isthmus.

The teeth are obtusely conical, arranged in a crescentic band on the jaws, and in small, oval, widely separated patches on the palate.

The eyes have a free orbital margin, and both the dorsal and pectoral spines are almost equal in size and denticulated on both edges

This species occurs in marine and brackish waters of Bay of Bengal, and parts of the western central Pacific, in coastal waters, estuaries, and lower reaches of rivers.

It is distributed from Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Malaysia, Thailand, to Indonesia.

This fish reaches about 25.0 cm (9.8 in) in total length.

B. mino feeds on invertebrates and small fishes. It is caught commercially for human consumption.