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Nemapteryx

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Actinopterygii

Family
  
Ariidae

Phylum
  
Chordata

Order
  
Siluriformes

Rank
  
Genus

Similar
  
Plicofollis, Batrachocephalus mino, Neoarius, Aspistor

Nemapteryx nenga high fin shark catfish


Nemapteryx is a genus of sea catfishes found mostly in coastal marine and brackish waters from South Asia to Australia with one species (N. augusta) occurring exclusively in fresh waters of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea. There are currently six recognized species in this genus.

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Species

  • Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884) (Threadfin catfish )
  • Nemapteryx augusta (T. R. Roberts, 1978) (Short barbelled catfish)
  • Nemapteryx bleekeri (Popta, 1900) (Bleeker's catfish)
  • Nemapteryx caelata (Valenciennes, 1840) (Engraved catfish)
  • Nemapteryx macronotacantha (Bleeker, 1846)
  • Nemapteryx nenga (F. Hamilton, 1822)

    • References

    Nemapteryx Wikipedia
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