Cochlefelis spatula
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Actinopterygii |
Order: | Siluriformes |
Family: | Ariidae |
Genus: | Cochlefelis |
Species: | C. spatula
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Binomial name | |
Cochlefelis spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
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Synonyms[1] | |
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Cochlefelis spatula, the duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish,[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 60 cm (24 in).[3] Its diet consists of prawns in the genera Caridina and Macrobrachium.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b Synonyms of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ Common names of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
- ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cochlefelis spatula" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ^ Food items reported for Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.