Nedystoma
Nedystoma is a genus of sea catfishes endemic to the island of New Guinea where they are found in fresh and brackish waters in both the Indonesian portion and in Papua New Guinea. There are currently two described species in this genus.
| Nedystoma | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Nedystoma J. D. Ogilby, 1898 |
| Type species | |
| Nedystoma dayi (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) | |
Species
- Nedystoma dayi (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) (Day's catfish)
- Nedystoma novaeguineae (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) (Spoon-snouted catfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Nedystoma in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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