Netuma patriciae
Netuma patriciae, the whipfin sea catfish, is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae found in the Western Pacific Ocean from the Philippines. [1]
| Whipfin sea catfish | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Netuma |
| Species: | N. patriciae |
| Binomial name | |
| Netuma patriciae | |
Size
This species reaches a length of 30.3 cm (11.9 in).[2]
Etymology
The fish is named in honor of Patricia J. Kailola, of The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji, because of her research on ariid catfishes.[3]
References
- Takahashi, Yumeka; Kimura, Seishi; Motomrua, Hiroyuki (2020-04-01). "A new sea catfish, Netuma patriciae (Siluriformes: Ariidae), from the Philippines". Ichthyological Research. 67 (2): 264–273. doi:10.1007/s10228-019-00719-4. ISSN 1616-3915.
- Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.) (2015). "Netuma patriciae" in FishBase. February 2015 version.
- Christopher Scharpf & Kenneth J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Order SILURIFORMES: Families CLARIIDAE, HETEROPNEUSTIDAE, ANCHARIIDAE and ARIIDA". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. Christopher Scharpf and Kenneth J. Lazara. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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