Froggatt's catfish
| Froggatt's catfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Cinetodus |
| Species: | C. froggatti |
| Binomial name | |
| Cinetodus froggatti (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1887) | |
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Froggatt's catfish or the Smallmouthed salmon catfish (Cinetodus froggatti) is a species of sea catfish found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where it is found in the Purari, Fly, Strickland and Digul River systems as well as in the Roper River system of Northwest Territories, Australia.
References
- Ramsay, E.P. and Ogibly, J.D. 1887. A contribution to the knowledge of the fish-fauna of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 1:8-20.
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). "Cinetodus froggatti" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Wager, R. (1996). "Cinetodus froggatti". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T4889A11102217. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T4889A11102217.en. Retrieved 21 December 2017.
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