Nedystoma dayi

Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., Zootaxa 1416, pp. 1-126 : 74

Nedystoma dayi (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)

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Hemipimelodus dayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886: 16. Type locality: Strickland River , New Guinea. Holotype: AMS b.9938 . Paratypes: AMS B. 9939-40 . QM I.879 , NMV 51616-19 .

Distribution: Southern New Guinea.

Countries: Indonesia and Papua New Guinea.

Habitat: Predominantly freshwaters, but also in brackish waters.

Maximum size: 320 mm SL.

Material examined: AMS I.25992-002 (1 c&s), Papua New Guinea, Kibi Creek, Wabo ; USNM 217082 (3 al, 121-187 mm TL) (1 c&s), Papua New Guinea, side channel of Strickland 4 km downstream from massy bakers junction, 450 km upriver from Toro Pass .