| Cochlefelis spatula | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Cochlefelis |
| Species: | C. spatula |
| Binomial name | |
| Cochlefelis spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) | |
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Cochlefelis spatula, the duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish, [2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. [3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius . [1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 60 cm (24 in). [3] Its diet consists of prawns in the genera Caridina and Macrobrachium . [4]
