Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Superclassis/Classis: Actinopterygii
Classis/Subclassis: Actinopteri
Subclassis/Infraclassis: Neopterygii
Infraclassis: Teleostei
Megacohors: Osteoglossocephalai
Supercohors: Clupeocephala
Cohors: Otomorpha
Subcohors: Ostariophysi
Sectio: Otophysa
Ordo: Siluriformes
Familia: Ariidae
Genus: Netuma
Species: N. bilineata – N. proxima – N. thalassina
Name
Netuma Bleeker, 1858
References
Carl J. Ferraris, Jr., 2007, Zootaxa 1418: 1–628 [1]
Netuma thalassina
Netuma is a genus of sea catfishes found in the Indian Ocean and the western Pacific Ocean where it occurs in marine, brackish and fresh waters from the coasts of Africa to Australia to China. There are currently four recognized species in this genus.
The largest species, the giant catfish Netuma thalassina, can grow to 185 cm (73 in) total length.[2]
Species
There are currently 4 recognized species:[2]
Netuma bilineata (Valenciennes, 1840) (Bronze catfish)
Netuma patriciae Y. Takahashi, S. Kimura & H. Motomura, 2019[3]
Netuma proxima (J. D. Ogilby, 1898) (Arafura catfish)
Netuma thalassina (Rüppell, 1837) (Giant catfish)
References
Eschmeyer, William N.; Fricke, Ron & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Netuma". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 4 May 2023.
Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2023). Species of Netuma in FishBase. February 2023 version.
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.
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