Biology:Short barbelled catfish

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Short barbelled catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Nemapteryx
Species:
N. augusta
Binomial name
Nemapteryx augusta
(Roberts, 1978)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius augustus Roberts, 1978

The short barbelled catfish[2] (Nemapteryx augusta) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Tyson R. Roberts in 1978, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits the Fly River in Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 60 cm (24 in).[3] Its diet consists of bony fish in the families Chanidae, Clupeidae and Melanotaeniidae.[4]

References

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5798368 entry