Biology:Comb-spined catfish

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Short description: Species of fish

Comb-spined catfish
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cinetodus
Species:
C. carinatus
Binomial name
Cinetodus carinatus
(Weber, 1913)
Synonyms[1]

Arius carinatus Weber, 1913

The comb-spined catfish (Cinetodus carinatus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[2][3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It is known to inhabit freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 40 cm (16 in).[2] Its diet includes prawns, detritus, and a variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects and insect larvae.[4]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Synonyms of Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  2. 2.0 2.1 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2019). "Cinetodus carinatus" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
  3. Common names for Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  4. Food items reported for Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.

Wikidata ☰ Q3754629 entry