Comb-spined catfish
Appearance
Comb-spined catfish | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Cinetodus |
Species: | C. carinatus
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Binomial name | |
Cinetodus carinatus (Weber, 1913)
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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
[edit]- ^ a b Synonyms of Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cinetodus carinatus" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ^ Common names for Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Food items reported for Cinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.