Species Neoarius midgleyi (Kailola & Pierce, 1988)

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Species Neoarius midgleyi (Kailola & Pierce, 1988)

Silver Cobbler, Lake Argyle Catfish, Lake Argyle Silver Cobbler, Midgley's Catfish, Ord River Catfish, Shovel-nosed Catfish, Shovelhead Catfish

Arius midgleyi Kailola, P.J. & Pierce, B.E. 1988. A new freshwater catfish (Pisces: Ariidae) from northern Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum 14(1): 73-89 figs 1-8 [75, figs 1-2, 5-6].
Type data:
Holotype AM I.20858-006, Wickham Gorge, Victoria River, NT.
Paratype(s) AMNH 57082, Ord River, below Duncan Highway crossing, WA; NTM S.12083-001, Wilton River, NT; QM I.16735, Hodgson River, NT; WAM P.25597-001 (Fitzroy River locality probably in error, as the original locality was questioned in the WAM register. The species has not been subsequently recorded from the Fitzroy River), Fitzroy River, WA; ZMA 119.467, freshwater hole near Wyndham, WA; QM I.12910, Flinders River, near Maxwellton, QLD; AMNH 57454SW (3. Previously included in AMNH51649), junction of Big Horse Creek and Victoria River, NT; AMNH 57454 (Previously included in AMNH51649), junction of Big Horse Creek and Victoria River, NT; NTM S.12070-001 (2), Mannaburoo Hole, NT; NTM F.35-36 (2), Wollogorang Homestead, NT; QM I.16737, Mannaburoo Hole, Linmen Bright River, NT; QM I.16738 (2), Mannaburoo Hole, Linmen Bright River, NT; WAM P.25708-001, Forbes Yard, Traine River, WA; WAM P.28776-001, Lake Argyle, WA; WAM P.21338-002 (4. Previously included in WAM P.21338-001), Ord River, WA; QM I.12757, Flinders River, near Maxwellton, QLD; QM I.16730 (2), Flinders River, in Maxwellton area, QLD; QM I.11364, Forest Home Station, Gilbert River, QLD; AM IB.2882, Forest Home Station, Gilbert River, QLD; QM I.11990, Mitchell River, QLD
Comment: Many paratypes of this species are also paratypes of Arius paucus Kailola 2000.

Generic Combinations

Ariopsis midgleyi (Kailola & Pierce, 1988). —
Kailola, P.J. 2004. A phylogenetic exploration of the catfish family Ariidae (Otophysi: Siluriformes). The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 20: 87-166 [77]
Neoarius midgleyi (Kailola & Pierce, 1988). —
Ferraris, C.J. 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [Date published 8 March 2007] [47]
Marceniuk, A.P. & Menezes, N.A. 2007. Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera. Zootaxa 1416: 1-126 [Date published 8 March 2007] [77]

Miscellaneous Literature Names

Arius midgelyi Kailola & Pierce, 1988 [misspelling of species name]. —
Pusey, B.J., Kennard, M.J. & Bird, J. 2000. Fishes of the dune fields of Cape Flattery, northern Queensland and other dune systems in north-eastern Australia. Ichthyological Explorations of Freshwater 11(1): 65-74 [72]

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

From the Carson and Ord Rivers, Kimberley, WA through to Alligator River, NT; tropical.

Australian Endemic.

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

NT, WA: Central Kimberley (CK), Daly Basin (DAB), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Northern Kimberley (NK), Ord Victoria Plain (OVP), Pine Creek (PCK), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)