Biology:Day's catfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Day's catfish
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Siluriformes
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N. dayi
Binomial name
Nedystoma dayi
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemipimelodus dayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886

The Day's catfish[2] (Nedystoma dayi) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Hemipimelodus.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[3] Its diet consists of the larvae of aquatic insects.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Nedystoma dayi" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
  4. Food items reported for Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.

Wikidata ☰ Q5816828 entry