Nemapteryx
Nemapteryx is a genus of sea catfishes found mostly in coastal marine and brackish waters from South Asia to Australia with one species (N. augusta) occurring exclusively in fresh waters of the Fly River in Papua New Guinea. There are currently six recognized species in this genus.
| Nemapteryx | |
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| Nemapteryx caelata | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Subfamily: | Ariinae |
| Genus: | Nemapteryx J. D. Ogilby, 1908 |
| Type species | |
| Arius stirlingi Ogilby, 1898 | |
Species
- Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884) (Threadfin catfish )
- Nemapteryx augusta (T. R. Roberts, 1978) (Short barbelled catfish)
- Nemapteryx bleekeri (Popta, 1900) (Bleeker's catfish)
- Nemapteryx caelata (Valenciennes, 1840) (Engraved catfish)
- Nemapteryx macronotacantha (Bleeker, 1846)
- Nemapteryx nenga (F. Hamilton, 1822)
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References
- Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2011). Species of Nemapteryx in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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