Netuma
Netuma is a genus of sea catfishes found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters from the coasts of Africa to Australia to China. There are currently three described species in this genus.
| Netuma | |
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| Netuma thalassina | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Netuma Bleeker, 1858 |
| Type species | |
| Bagrus netuma Valenciennes, 1840 | |
Species
There are currently 4 described species:
- Netuma bilineata (Valenciennes, 1840) (Bronze catfish)
- Netuma patriciae Takahashi, Kimura & Motomrua, 2019[1]
- Netuma proxima (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Arafura catfish)
- Netuma thalassina (Rüppell, 1837) (Giant catfish)
References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Netuma in FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Takahashi, Yumeka; Kimura, Seishi; Motomrua, Hiroyuki (2020-04-01). "A new sea catfish, Netuma patriciae (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from the Philippines". Ichthyological Research. 67 (2): 264–273. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00719-4. ISSN 1616-3915.
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