Species profile—Sciades paucus (shovelnose catfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Ariidae (fork-tailed catfishes) → Sciades paucus (shovelnose catfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Ariidae (fork-tailed catfishes)
- Scientific name
- Sciades paucus Kailola, 2000
- Common name
- shovelnose catfish
- Type reference
- Kailola, P.J., 2000. Six new species of fork-tailed catfishes (Pisces, Teleostei, Ariidae) from Australia and New Guinea. Beagle, Rec. Mus. Art Gallery N.T. 16: 127-144.
- WildNet taxon ID
- 31513
- Synonym(s)
- Arius paucus
Neoarius paucus
Arius midgleyi
Ariopsis paucus - Alternate name(s)
- shovel nose catfish
Carpentaria catfish - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic
Other resources
Data source
This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0.
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=31513.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
