Biology:Bleeker's catfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Bleeker's catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Nemapteryx
Species:
N. bleekeri
Binomial name
Nemapteryx bleekeri
(Popta, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius bleekeri Popta, 1900

The Bleeker's catfish[2] (Nemapteryx bleekeri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Canna Maria Louise Popta in 1900, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits estuaries and marine coasts near Indonesia. It reaches a maximum standard length of 17 cm (6.7 in).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Nemapteryx bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Nemapteryx bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nemapteryx bleekeri" in FishBase. January 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q1901987 entry