Day's catfish

The Day's catfish[2] (Nedystoma dayi) 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 Hemipimelodus.[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 20 cm (7.9 in).[3] Its diet consists of the larvae of aquatic insects.[4]

Day's catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Actinopterygii
Order:
Siluriformes
Family:
Ariidae
Genus:
Nedystoma
Species:
N. dayi
Binomial name
Nedystoma dayi
(Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
  • Hemipimelodus dayi Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886

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


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