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Netuma patriciae

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Species of fish

Whipfin sea catfish
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Netuma
Species: N. patriciae
Binomial name
Netuma patriciae
Y. Takahashi, Seishi Kimura & Motomura, 2019

Netuma patriciae, the whipfin sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines.

Size

This species reaches a length of 30.3 cm (11.9 in).

Etymology

The fish is named in honor of Patricia J. Kailola, of The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, because of her research on ariid catfishes.

References

  1. Takahashi, Yumeka; Kimura, Seishi; Motomrua, Hiroyuki (2020-04-01). "A new sea catfish, Netuma patriciae (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from the Philippines". Ichthyological Research. 67 (2): 264–273. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00719-4. ISSN 1616-3915.
  2. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Netuma patriciae". FishBase. February 2015 version.
  3. Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
Taxon identifiers
Netuma patriciae


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