''Cinetodus'' is a
genus
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of
sea catfishes (
order Siluriformes) of the
family
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Ariidae. These species originate from brackish and fresh waters of
Irian Jaya
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu: ''Niu Gini''; id, Papua, or , historically ) is the world's second-largest island with an area of . Located in Oceania in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, the island is separated from Australia by the wide Torres ...
, southern
New Guinea
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and northern
Australia.
Species
This genus currently contains three described species:
* ''
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
Fish of New Guinea
Fish of Australia
Catfish genera
Taxa named by James Douglas Ogilby
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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