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Frogatt'S Catfish

Cinetodus froggatti (Ramsay & Ogilby 1886)

Morphology

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Dorsal spines (total): 1; Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analspines: 0; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19
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Trophic Strategy

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Inhabits slow-flowing, often turbid rivers and coastal waters. Feeds on gastropod and bivalve molluscs.
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Biology

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Inhabits slow-flowing, often turbid rivers and coastal waters. Also occurs in slow-moving freshwater streams, favours turbid coastal shallows and brackish estuaries (Ref. 44894). Feeds on gastropod and bivalve mollusks. The food are swallowed whole (Ref. 44894).
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Cinetodus froggatti

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Cinetodus froggatti, known as Froggatt's catfish or smallmouthed salmon catfish, is a species of sea catfish found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where it is found in the Purari, Fly, Strickland and Digul River systems as well as in the Roper River system of Northwest Territories, Australia.

References

  1. ^ Kennard, M.; Hammer, M. (2019). "Cinetodus froggatti". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T4889A3012798. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T4889A3012798.en. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
  • Ramsay, E.P. and Ogibly, J.D. 1887. A contribution to the knowledge of the fish-fauna of New Guinea. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (Second Series) 1:8-20.
  • Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2011). "Cinetodus froggatti" in FishBase. December 2011 version.
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Cinetodus froggatti: Brief Summary

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Cinetodus froggatti, known as Froggatt's catfish or smallmouthed salmon catfish, is a species of sea catfish found in West Papua in Indonesia and Papua New Guinea where it is found in the Purari, Fly, Strickland and Digul River systems as well as in the Roper River system of Northwest Territories, Australia.

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