sea catfish
The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species.
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es found on and around the island
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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and
Australia
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fresh water
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s with several species restricted solely to freshwater rivers. There are currently 10 described species in this genus.
Species
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Neoarius berneyi
''Neoarius berneyi'', the highfin catfish, Berney's catfish, Berney's shark catfish, or the lesser salmon catfish, is a freshwater sea catfish that is commonly kept in aquariums. The origin of the name ''Neoarius berneyi'' is Greek, with the genu ...
Neoarius coatesi
The Coates' catfish (''Neoarius coatesi'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Patricia J. Kailola in 1990, originally under the genus ''Arius''. It is endemic to Papua New Guinea, being only known from the Sepik an ...
Neoarius graeffei
''Neoarius graeffei'', or blue salmon catfish, is a species of catfish found in freshwater rivers of Australia and Papua New Guinea. This species is most identifiable by its large, shark-like dorsal fin that is led by a poisonous spine. Like other ...
Steindachner
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, 1867) (Blue salmon-catfish)
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Neoarius latirostris
The broad-snouted catfish (''Neoarius latirostris'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by William John Macleay in 1883, originally under the genus ''Arius''. It inhabits freshwater rivers in Indonesia and Papua New Gu ...
'' ( W. J. Macleay, 1883) (Broad-snouted catfish)
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Neoarius leptaspis
The salmon catfish (''Neoarius leptaspis''), also known as the boofhead catfish, the freshwater forked tailed catfish, the lesser salmon catfish, and the triangular shield catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by ...
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Bleeker Bleeker is a Dutch occupational surname. Bleeker is an old spelling of ''(linnen)bleker'' ("linen bleacher").Neoarius midgleyi
The silver cobbler (''Neoarius midgleyi''), also known as the Lake Argyle catfish, the Lake Argyle silver cobbler, the Midgley's catfish, the Ord River catfish, the shovel-nosed catfish, or the shovelhead catfish, is a species of catfish in the fa ...
Pierce
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Taylor's catfish
''Neoarius taylori'' (Taylor's catfish) is a species of fish in the family Ariidae. It is found in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea (abbreviated PNG; , ; tpi, Papua Niugini; ho, Papua Niu Gini), officially the Independen ...
Neoarius velutinus
The papillate catfish (''Neoarius velutinus'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1907, originally under the genus '' Hemipimelodus''. It inhabits freshwater lakes and rivers in New Guinea. ...