Cinetodus

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Cinetodus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Subfamily: Ariinae
Genus: Cinetodus
Ogilby, 1898
Type species
Arius froggatti
Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886
Species

C. carinatus
C. froggatti

Synonyms

Septobranchus Hardenberg, 1941

Cinetodus is a genus of catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae. It includes two species, C. carinatus and C. froggatti.[1] These species originate from brackish and fresh waters of southern New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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.