Biology:Cinetodus froggatti

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Cinetodus froggatti
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cinetodus
Species:
C. froggatti
Binomial name
Cinetodus froggatti
(E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887)
Synonyms
  • Arius froggatti Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
  • Septobranchus johannae Hardenberg, 1941

Cinetodus froggatti, known as Froggatt's catfish or smallmouthed salmon catfish, is a species of sea catfish found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where it is found in the Purari, Fly, Strickland and Digul River systems as well as in the Roper River system of Northwest Territories, Australia .

References

  • Ramsay, E.P. and Ogibly, J.D. 1887. A contribution to the knowledge of the fish-fauna of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 1:8-20.
  • Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Cinetodus froggatti" in FishBase. December 2011 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q303405 entry