Cinetodus

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Cinetodus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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
Synonyms

Septobranchus Hardenberg, 1941

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]

Species[edit]

This genus currently contains three described species:[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Cinetodus in FishBase. December 2011 version.