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Spoon-snouted catfish

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Spoon-snouted catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Nedystoma
Species:
N. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Nedystoma novaeguineae
(Weber, 1913)
Synonyms[1]
  • Doiichthys novaeguineae Weber, 1913

The spoon-snouted catfish[2] (Nedystoma novaeguineae) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Doiichthys.[1] It inhabits brackish and freshwaters in central-southern New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 15 cm (5.9 in).[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Nedystoma novaeguineae at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Nedystoma novaeguineae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nedystoma novaeguineae". FishBase. January 2019 version.