Master's catfish

The Master's catfish, also called the Godfrey's catfish,[2] (Hexanematichthys mastersi) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.[3] It was described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Arius.[1] It dwells on the floors of inshore marine waters in Australia and Papua New Guinea. It reaches a maximum total length of 51 cm (20 in).[3]

Master's catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Genus:
Hexanematichthys
Species:
H. mastersi
Binomial name
Hexanematichthys mastersi
(Ogilby, 1898)
Synonyms[1]
  • Arius mastersi Ogilby, 1898
  • Arius sagoroides Hardenberg, 1941
  • Sciades mastersi (Ogilby, 1898)
  • Tachysurus godfreyi Whitley, 1941

References
  1. Synonyms of Hexanematichthys mastersi at www.fishbase.org.
  2. Common names of Hexanematichthys mastersi at www.fishbase.org.
  3. Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2019). "Hexanematichthys mastersi" in FishBase. January 2019 version.


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