Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
Author
Alexandre P. Marceniuk
Author
Naércio A. Menezes
text
Zootaxa
2007
1416
1
126
http://www.zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:FFC65592-D8DB-41BE-AEAC-A41EAB6C6185
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Nemapteryx armiger
(De Vis, 1884)
(fig. 65)
Arius armiger
De Vis, 1884: 454.
Type locality:
New Britain
.
Syntypes
:
QM
I.3088
,
I.3039
.
Arius stirlingi
Ogilby, 1898: 281.
Type locality:
Estuary of Adelaide River
,
Northern Territory
,
Australia
.
Holotype
:
SAMA
F 1095
.
Distribution: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia.
Countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.
Maximum size: 360 mm TL.
Material examined:
AMS
I.27418-001
(1 c&s),
Australia
,
North Territory
,
Murgenella Creek
;
CAS
60485
(2 al, 150-193 mm TL),
Papua New Guinea
,
Moinamu (Kikori R.), gulf of Papua
;
NTM
F.188
(5 al, 233-256 mm TL),
Australia
,
Northern Territory
,
west of Alligator River
.