Cinetodus is a genus of sea catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae. These species originate from brackish and fresh waters of Irian Jaya, southern New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]
| Cinetodus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Cinetodus J. D. Ogilby, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Arius froggatti E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886
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| Synonyms | |
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Septobranchus Hardenberg, 1941 | |
Species
editThis genus currently contains three described species:[2]
- Cinetodus carinatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – comb-spined catfish
- Cinetodus conorhynchus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – Lorentz catfish
- Cinetodus crassilabris (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – thick-lipped catfish
- Cinetodus froggatti (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – Froggatt's catfish, smallmouthed salmon catfish
References
edit- ^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cinetodus". FishBase. December 2011 version.
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