Sawspine catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Genus:
Neoarius
Species:
N. pectoralis
Binomial name
Neoarius pectoralis
(Kailola, 2000)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius pectoralis Kailola, 2000
  • Ariopsis pectoralis (Kailola, 2000)

The sawspine catfish (Neoarius pectoralis), alternatively referred to as the sawspined catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Patricia J. Kailola in 2000, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits marine and brackish waters in Australia, Irian Jaya, and possibly also Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum fork length of 39.3 cm (15.5 in).[3]

The species epithet "pectoralis" derived from the Latin term for "shoulder", was inspired by the prominent, flattened serrae along the spine of the inner pectoral fin on the species.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 Synonyms of Neoarius pectoralis at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ↑ Common names of Neoarius pectoralis at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 3 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Neoarius pectoralis" in FishBase. May 2019 version.


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.