Duckbilled catfish

The duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish,[2] (Cochlefelis spatula) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 60 cm (24 in).[3] Its diet consists of prawns in the genera Caridina and Macrobrachium.[4]

Duckbilled catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Genus:
Cochlefelis
Species:
C. spatula
Binomial name
Cochlefelis spatula
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius spatula Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886

References
  1. Synonyms of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Cochlefelis spatula" in FishBase. January 2019 version.
  4. Food items reported for Cochlefelis spatula at www.fishbase.org.


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