Cinetodus

Cinetodus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Subfamily:	Ariinae
Genus:	Cinetodus J. D. Ogilby, 1898
Type species
Arius froggatti E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886
Synonyms
Septobranchus Hardenberg, 1941

Cinetodus is a genus of sea catfishes (order Siluriformes) of the family Ariidae. These species originate from brackish and fresh waters of Irian Jaya, southern New Guinea and northern Australia.[1]

Species

This genus currently contains three described species:[2]

• Cinetodus carinatus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – comb-spined catfish
• Cinetodus conorhynchus (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – Lorentz catfish
• Cinetodus crassilabris (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – thick-lipped catfish
• Cinetodus froggatti (E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – Froggatt's catfish, smallmouthed salmon catfish

References

1. Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126.
2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Species in genus Cinetodus". FishBase. December 2011 version.