| Day's catfish | |
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| Species: | N. dayi |
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| Nedystoma dayi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886) | |
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The Day's catfish[2] (Nedystoma dayi) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Hemipimelodus.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[3] Its diet consists of the larvae of aquatic insects.[4]
References
- 1 2 Synonyms of Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.
- ↑ Common names of Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.
- 1 2 Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Nedystoma dayi" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
- ↑ Food items reported for Nedystoma dayi at www.fishbase.org.
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