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Nedystoma

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Ariidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Batrachocephalus mino, Aspistor, Plicofollis, Neoarius

Nedystoma is a genus of sea catfishes endemic to the island of New Guinea where they are found in fresh and brackish waters in both the Indonesian portion and in Papua New Guinea. There are currently two described species in this genus.

Species

  • Nedystoma dayi (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Day's catfish)
  • Nedystoma novaeguineae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Spoon-snouted catfish)

    • References

    Nedystoma Wikipedia
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