Nemapteryx armiger

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 : 75

Nemapteryx armiger (De Vis, 1884)

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Arius armiger De Vis, 1884: 454. Type locality: New Britain. Syntypes: QM I.3088 , I.3039 .

Arius stirlingi Ogilby, 1898: 281. Type locality: Estuary of Adelaide River , Northern Territory, Australia. Holotype: SAMA F 1095 .

Distribution: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

Countries: Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 360 mm TL.

Material examined: AMS I.27418-001 (1 c&s), Australia, North Territory, Murgenella Creek ; CAS 60485 (2 al, 150-193 mm TL), Papua New Guinea, Moinamu (Kikori R.), gulf of Papua ; NTM F.188 (5 al, 233-256 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, west of Alligator River .