Biology:Warrior catfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Warrior catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Hemiarius
Species:
H. dioctes
Binomial name
Hemiarius dioctes
(Kailola, 2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius dioctes Kailola, 2000

The warrior catfish[2] (Hemiarius dioctes) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Patricia J. Kailola in 2000, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits marine and freshwaters in New Guinea and Australia . It reaches a standard length of 120 cm (47 in), and a maximum weight of 19 kg (42 lb).[3]

The species epithet "dioctes", derived from Ancient Greek, refers to the species' hunting qualities.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Hemiarius dioctes at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Hemiarius dioctes at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Hemiarius dioctes" in FishBase. January 2019 version.

Wikidata ☰ Q2202943 entry