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Whipfin Sea Catfish

Netuma patriciae

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Diagnostic Description

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This species is distinguished by the following set of characters: free vertebrae 43-44; anal-fin rays 17-19 ; long dorsomedian groove on head (33.7-40.1% HL); U-shaped junction of dorsomedian head ridge; vomerine tooth patches on both sides are fused along the midline (specimens longer than 12.7 cm SL); tip of dorsal-fn spine attenuated into a filament; longest dorsal-fn ray 26.9-35.9% SL (Ref. 121274).
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Morphology

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Dorsal soft rays (total): 7; Analsoft rays: 17 - 19
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Netuma patriciae

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Netuma patriciae, the whipfin sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines. [1]

Size

This species reaches a length of 30.3 cm (11.9 in).[2]

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.[3]

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.) (2015). "Netuma patriciae" in 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.
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Netuma patriciae: Brief Summary

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

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