Arius cous

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Arius cous
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Arius
Species:A. cous
Binomial name
Arius cous
Hyrtl, 1859

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Arius cous" in FishBase . April 2016 version.
  2. Hyrtl, C. J. 1859 [ref. 2291] Anatomische Untersuchung des Clarotes (Gonocephalus) heuglini Kner. Mit einer Abbildung und einer osteologischen Tabelle der Siluroiden. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe. v. 16: 1-18, 1 pl.