Threadfin catfish

Species of fish

Threadfin catfish

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Actinopterygii
Order:  | Siluriformes
Family:  | Ariidae
Genus:  | Nemapteryx
Species:  |

N. armiger

Binomial name
Nemapteryx armiger

(De Vis, 1884)

Synonyms[1]

* Arius armiger De Vis, 1884
* Arius stirlingi Ogilby, 1898

The threadfin catfish, also known as the copper catfish or the northern pout,[2] (Nemapteryx armiger) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Charles Walter De Vis in 1884, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It is found in rivers and marine waters in Australia and New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 39.5 cm (15.6 in).[3] Its diet consists of benthic crustaceans including prawns and crabs, as well as worms, mollusks and finfish.[4]

## References

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1. ^ a b Synonyms of Nemapteryx armiger at www.fishbase.org.
2. ^ Common names of Nemapteryx armiger at www.fishbase.org.
3. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Nemapteryx armiger". FishBase. January 2019 version.
4. ^ Food and Feeding Habits Summary for Nemapteryx armiger at www.fishbase.org.

Taxon identifiers

Nemapteryx armiger|

* Wikidata: Q2319518
* Wikispecies: Nemapteryx armiger
* AFD: Nemapteryx_armiger
* CoL: 466H9
* FishBase: 24590
* GBIF: 2344885
* iNaturalist: 529488
* IRMNG: 11272712
* ITIS: 680761
* NCBI: 591305
* OBIS: 281659
* Open Tree of Life: 466218
* Plazi: 4C592C6B-82F5-B65E-2925-01AD38CA71AC
* WoRMS: 281659
* ZooBank: CCB9B71C-39A0-4AC6-AC82-EB93E9BE3DB9

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