Spoon-snouted catfish

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

The spoon-snouted catfish[2] (Doiichthys novaeguineae) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913.[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

  1. ^ a b Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species related to Doiichthys novaeguineae". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 13 August 2025.
  2. ^ Common names of Doiichthys novaeguineae at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Doiichthys novaeguineae". FishBase. August 2025 version.


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