Tachysurus (Pararius) berneyi
Arius cleptolepis
Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera.
Alexandre P. Marceniuk
Naércio A. Menezes
Zootaxa
2007
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Actinopterygii
Ariidae
Neoarius
Animalia
Siluriformes
76
Chordata
species
berneyi
Tachysurus (Pararius) berneyiWhitley, 1941: 9, fig. 8. Type locality: Pools of Flinders River, near Hughender and Richmond, Queensland, Australia. Holotype: AMSI.13076. Paratypes: AMSI.13075, I.8077-88. AriuscleptolepisRoberts, 1978: 37, figs. 15, 20e. Type locality: Elevala River, Upper Fly River, Papua New Guinea, 6°05.7’S, 141°27.7’E. Holotype: AMS I.13076. Paratypes: USNM217071, KFRS618.01, 217070, 217071, 217072.
Distribution: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia. Countries: Papua New Guinea and Australia.
Habitat: Freshwater.
Maximum size: 480 mm SL.
Material examined: AMNH51648(2 al, 166-210 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, Red Lily lagoon, 9 miles northeast of Elsey Homestead; LACM44931-1(2 al, 99-203 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, Wilton River, channel coming out of lagoon; MZUSP38657(1 al, 113 mm SL), Australia, northern Australia, Wilton River.
923907096
AMS
Australia
Pools of Flinders River, near Hughender and Richmond
AMS I. 13076
Queensland
Holotype
923907095
AMS
Australia
Pools of Flinders River, near Hughender and Richmond
AMS I. 13075
Queensland
Paratype
923907086
AMS
Australia
Pools of Flinders River, near Hughender and Richmond
AMS I. 8077 - 88
Queensland
Paratypes
923907104
AMS
Papua New Guinea
-6.095
Elevala River
141.46167
AMS I. 13076
Holotype
923907107
USNM
Papua New Guinea
-6.095
Elevala River, Upper Fly River
141.46167
USNM 217071
Paratype
923907111
KFRS
Papua New Guinea
-6.095
Elevala River, Upper Fly River
141.46167
KFRS 618.01, 217070, 217071, 217072
Paratypes
923907115
AMNH
Australia
Red Lily lagoon, 9 miles northeast of Elsey Homestead
AMNH 51648
Northern Territory
923907109
LACM
Australia
Wilton River, channel coming out of lagoon
LACM 44931 - 1
Northern Territory
923907119
MZUSP
Australia
Wilton River
MZUSP 38657
Northern Territory