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Cryptarius daugueti

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Cryptarius daugueti
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Cryptarius
Species:
C. daugueti
Binomial name
Cryptarius daugueti
(Chevey, 1932)

Cryptarius daugueti is a species of sea catfish from the Mekong River basin which inhabits large rivers.[1] It is found in brackish and fresh waters of Cambodia and Vietnam.[2] This species has a maximum length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL.[1]

Etymology

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The catfish is named in honor of Paul Dauguet (1883–?), a French merchant seaman and the commander of the research vessel De Lanessan from which the holotype was collected.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptarius daugueti". FishBase. December 2011 version.
  2. ^ Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.
  3. ^ C. Scharpf & K. J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARIIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Sea Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. C. Scharpf and K. J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 November 2024.