Arius macracanthus

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Arius macracanthus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Arius
Species:
A. macracanthus
Binomial name
Arius macracanthus
Günther, 1864

Arius macracanthus is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae. [1] It was described by Albert Günther in 1864. [2] It is known from freshwater in Thailand. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Arius macracanthus" in FishBase . April 2016 version.
  2. Günther, A., 1864 (10 Dec.) [ref. 1974] Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. Catalogue of the Physostomi, containing the families Siluridae, Characinidae, Haplochitonidae, Sternoptychidae, Scopelidae, Stomiatidae in the collection of the British Museum. v. 5: i-xxii + 1-455