''Sciades paucus'' is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by

Patricia J. Kailola Patricia J. Kailola is a noted ichthyologist. Her primary focus is in tropical Indo-Pacific fishes. She is an Australian Museum Research Associate. Among her numerous publications are listed several books covering tropical fish. She also has w ...

in 2000, originally under the genus ''

Arius Arius (; grc-koi, Ἄρειος, ; 250 or 256 – 336) was a Cyrenaic presbyter, ascetic, and priest best known for the doctrine of Arianism. His teachings about the nature of the Godhead in Christianity, which emphasized God the Father's un ...

''. It inhabits

freshwater Fresh water or freshwater is any naturally occurring liquid or frozen water containing low concentrations of dissolved salts and other total dissolved solids. Although the term specifically excludes seawater and brackish water, it does include ...

s in

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. It reaches a maximum total length of , and a maximum weight of . The species epithet "''paucus''" is derived from the Latin term for "less", and refers to the species bearing fewer gill rakers than those of ''

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 ...

'' (referred to as "''

midgleyi''").

References

Ariidae Taxa named by Patricia J. Kailola Fish described in 2000 {{Ariidae-stub