''Cinetodus'' is a

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

sea catfish The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water species. They are found worldwide in tropical to warm temperate zones. The family includes about 143 species. Taxon ...

es ( order Siluriformes) of the

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

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 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 Torr ...

and northern Australia.

Species

This genus currently contains three described species: * ''

Cinetodus carinatus The comb-spined catfish (''Cinetodus carinatus'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus ''Arius''. It is known to inhabit freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It ...

'' ( M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – comb-spined catfish * ''

Cinetodus conorhynchus The Lorentz catfish (''Cinetodus conorhynchus'') is a species of sea catfish endemic to West Papua in Indonesia where it is known from the Lorentz River The Lorentz River (also Unir or Undir in Indonesian, or Noordrivier in Dutch) is located i ...

'' (M. C. W. Weber, 1913) – Lorentz catfish * ''

Cinetodus crassilabris The thick-lipped catfish (''Cinetodus crassilabris'') is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus ''Hemipimelodus''. It is found in freshwa ...

'' ( E. P. Ramsay & J. D. Ogilby, 1886) – thick-lipped catfish * ''

Cinetodus froggatti ''Cinetodus froggatti'', known as Froggatt's catfish or smallmouthed salmon catfish, is a species of sea catfish The Ariidae or ariid catfish are a family of catfish that mainly live in marine waters with many freshwater and brackish water sp ...

'' (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 {{Ariidae-stub