Biology:Duckbilled catfish
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Short description: Species of fish
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| Order: | Siluriformes
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| Species: | C. spatula
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| Cochlefelis spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
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The duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish,[2] (Cochlefelis spatula) 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 Arius.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 60 cm (24 in).[3] Its diet consists of prawns in the genera Caridina and Macrobrachium.[4]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cochlefelis spatula" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ↑ Food items reported for Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
Wikidata ☰ Q3755110 entry
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