Comb-gilled catfish

Comb-gilled catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Brustiarius
Species: B. nox
Binomial name
Brustiarius nox
(Herre, 1935)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius nox Herre, 1935

The Comb-gilled catfish,[2] Brustiarius nox, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Albert William Herre in 1935, originally under the genus Arius.[4] It is a tropical freshwater fish which is found in Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 30 cm (12 in).[3]

The comb-gilled catfish feeds on a variety of small aquatic animals, including crustaceans, worms, leeches, insects as well as larvae and nymphs, and gastropods. It also feeds on algae and detritus.[5] Adults spawn year round, laying eggs in quantities generally ranging from 8-30, which are then orally incubated.[6]

References

  1. Synonyms of Brustiarius nox at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Brustiarius nox at www.fishbase.org.
  3. 1 2 Froese, Rainer and Pauly, Daniel, eds. (2016). "Brustiarius nox" in FishBase. September 2016 version.
  4. Herre, A. W. C. T. 1935 (15 Feb.) [ref. 2109] New fishes obtained by the Crane Pacific expedition. Field Museum of Natural History, Publications, Zoölogical Series v. 18 (no. 12): 383-438.
  5. Food items reported for Brustiarius nox at www.fishbase.org.
  6. Reproduction of Brustiarius nox at www.fishbase.org.


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