Species Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884)

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• Arius armiger De Vis, C.W. 1884. Fishes from South Sea islands. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 1 8(4): 445-457 [dated 1883] [454].

  Type data:

   
  Syntype(s) QM I.3088, uncertain locality; type locality stated as New Britain, but no ariids known from New Britain; QM I.3089, uncertain locality; type locality stated as New Britain, but no ariids known from New Britain.

  Type locality references:

  Kailola, P.J. 1983. Arius graeffei and Arius armiger valid names for two common species of Australo-Papuan fork-tailed catfishes (Pisces, Ariidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(3): 187-196 figs 1-6 [194].
• Arius stirlingi Ogilby, J.D. 1898. New genera and species of fishes. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 23(3): 280-299 [281].

  Type data:

   Holotype SAMA F1095, Estuary of Adelaide River, NT.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• Kailola, P.J. 1983. Arius graeffei and Arius armiger valid names for two common species of Australo-Papuan fork-tailed catfishes (Pisces, Ariidae). Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 107(3): 187-196 figs 1-6 [191]

 

Generic Combinations

• Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884).
• Nemapteryx stirlingi (Ogilby, 1898).

 

Distribution

States

Northern Territory, Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

King River, WA (128ºE) to the Norman River, Karumba, QLD (15º28' S, 145º15´E) tropical, New Guinea.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

NT, Qld, WA: Arnhem Coast (ARC), Central Arnhem (CA), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Darwin Coastal (DAC), Gulf Coastal (GUC), Gulf Plains (GUP), Northern Kimberley (NK), Tiwi Cobourg (TIW), Victoria Bonaparte (VB)

IMCRA

Northern Shelf Province (25), Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • Northern Territory: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf, N coast, N coastal
  • Queensland: Gulf of Carpentaria, N Gulf
  • Western Australia: N coast

Ecological Descriptors

Benthic, estuary, freshwater, inshore, soft bottom.

Extra Ecological Information

1-20m

 

General References

Burgess, W.E. 1989. An Atlas of Freshwater and Marine Catfishes — a preliminary survey of the Siluriformes. Neptune City, New Jersey : T.F.H. Publications 783 pp. [168] (as Arius armiger)

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] [46] (as Nemapteryx armiger)

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [120]

Hoese, D.F. & Gates, J.E. 2006. Ariidae. pp. 350-356 in Hoese, D.F., Bray, D.J., Paxton, J.R. & Allen, G.R. Fishes. In, Beesley, P.L. & Wells, A. (eds) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 35. Volume 35 Australia : ABRS & CSIRO Publishing Parts 1-3, 2178 pp. [354]

Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Checklist of the fishes of Western Australia. Records of the Western Australian Museum, Supplement 63: 9-50 [21] (as Arius armiger)

Kailola, P.J. 1999. Family Ariidae. pp. 1827-1879 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1841] (as Arius armiger)

Kailola, P.J. 2000. Six new species of fork-tailed catfishes (Pisces, Teleostei, Ariidae) from Australia and New Guinea. The Beagle, Records of the Museums and Art Galleries of the Northern Territory 16: 127-144 [130] (as Arius armiger)

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 [139]

Larson, H.K. & Williams, R.S. 1997. Darwin Harbour fishes: a survey and annotated checklist. pp. 339-380 in Hanley, H.R., Caswell, G., Megirian, D. & Larson, H.K. (eds). The Marine Flora and Fauna of Darwin Harbour, Northern Territory, Australia. Proceedings of the Sixth International Marine Biology Workshop. Darwin : Museum and Art Gallery of the Northern Territory 466 pp. [348] (as Arius armiger)

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] [75]

McCulloch, A.R. 1930. A check-list of the fishes recorded from Australia. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 5(1–4): 1-534 [61] (as Nemapteryx stirlingi)

Munro, I.S.R. 1961. Handbook of Australian fishes. Nos 1–42. Australian Fisheries Newsletter 15–17, 19, 20: 1-172 [published as separates 1956–1961] [40] (282, as Nemapteryx stirlingi)

Paxton, J.R., Hoese, D.F., Allen, G.R. & Hanley, J.E. (eds) 1989. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Pisces: Petromyzontidae to Carangidae. Canberra : Australian Government Publishing Service Vol. 7 665 pp. [218] (as Arius armiger)

Whitley, G.P. 1957. The freshwater fishes of Australia. 9. Catfishes. Aqualife 2(6): 6-10 [9] (as Nemapteryx stirlingi)

Whitley, G.P. 1964. A survey of Australian Ichthyology. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 89(1): 11-127 [36] (325)

 

Common Name References

Grant, E.M. 2002. Guide to Fishes. Redcliffe : EM Grant Pty Ltd 880 pp. [120] (Threadfin Catfish)

Kailola, P.J. 1999. Family Ariidae. pp. 1827-1879 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, V.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 3 pp. 1397-2068. [1841] (Copper Catfish)

Seafood Services Australia 2008. Australian Fish Names Standard. http://www.fishnames.com.au/. (Copper Catfish)

Whitley, G.P. 1957. The freshwater fishes of Australia. 9. Catfishes. Aqualife 2(6): 6-10 [9] (Northern Pout)

 

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
12-Sep-2013	SILURIFORMES	12-Sep-2013	MODIFIED	Dr Dianne Bray (NMV)
		12-Feb-2010	(import)