Bleeker's catfish

Bleeker's catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Hemiarius
Species:
H. bleekeri
Binomial name
Hemiarius bleekeri
(Popta, 1900)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius bleekeri Popta, 1900
  • Cephalocassis bleekeri
  • Nemapteryx bleekeri

The Bleeker's catfish[2] (Hemiarius bleekeri) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Canna Maria Louise Popta in 1900, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits estuaries and marine coasts near Indonesia. It reaches a maximum standard length of 17 cm (6.7 in).

References

  1. ^ a b Synonyms of Nemapteryx bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  2. ^ Common names of Hemiarius bleekeri at www.fishbase.org.
  3. ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Hemiarius bleekeri". FishBase. January 2019 version.


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