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Neoarius
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Neoarius

Neoarius is a genus of sea catfishes found on and around the island New Guinea and Australia. They are found in marine, brackish waters and fresh waters with several species restricted solely to freshwater rivers. There are currently six described species in this genus.

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6 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 6 known species

Blue Catfish

speciesNeoarius graeffei

Silver Cobbler

speciesNeoarius midgleyi

Highfin Catfish

speciesNeoarius berneyi

Shovelnose Catfish

speciesNeoarius paucus

Sawspine Catfish

speciesNeoarius pectoralis

Ridged Catfish

speciesNeoarius hainesi

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 90197.