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Comb-spined catfish

The comb-spined catfish is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Arius. It is known to inhabit freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 40 cm (16 in). Its diet includes prawns, detritus, and a variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects and insect larvae.

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Comb-spined catfish
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Paracinetodus
Marceniuk, Oliveira & Ferraris, 2023
Species:
P. carinatus
Binomial name
Paracinetodus carinatus
(Weber, 1913)
Synonyms2
  • Arius (Hemiarius) carinatus Weber, 1913
  • Cinetodus carinatus (Weber, 1913)

The comb-spined catfish (Paracinetodus carinatus) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.34 It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913, originally under the genus Arius.2 It is known to inhabit freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 40 cm (16 in).3 Its diet includes prawns, detritus, and a variety of terrestrial and aquatic insects and insect larvae.5

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  1. Palmer-Newton, A. (2020). "Cinetodus carinatus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020 e.T196833A2477333. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-3.RLTS.T196833A2477333.en. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  2. Fricke, Ron; Eschmeyer, William N. & van der Laan, Richard (eds.). "Species in the genus Paracinetodus". Catalog of Fishes. California Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Paracinetodus carinatus". FishBase. January 2019 version.
  4. Common names for Paracinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.
  5. Food items reported for Paracinetodus carinatus at www.fishbase.org.