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Brustiarius proximus

Description

Brustiarius proximus (Ogilby, 1898)

Arius proximus Ogilby, 1898: 280. Type locality: Darwin, Northern Terr., Australia. Holotype: AMS I.25691-001.

Arius arafurensis Hardenberg, 1948: 280. Type Locality: Fish market, Dobo, Aru Is., Indo-Australian Archipelago. Holotype: whereabouts unknown.

Distribution: Southern New Guinea and northern Australia.

Countries: Papua New Guinea and Australia.

Habitat: Marine and brackish waters.

Maximum size: 410 mm TL.

Material examined: USNM 173568 (1 al, 356 mm TL), Australia, Northern Territory, night cliff, 7 mi north of Darwin, rocky coves, sandy beaches.

Notes

Published as part of Alexandre P. Marceniuk & Naércio A. Menezes, 2007, Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera., pp. 1-126 in Zootaxa 1416 on page 35

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Biodiversity

Collection code
AMS , USNM
Material sample ID
AMS I. 25691 - 001 , USNM 173568
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Order
Siluriformes
Family
Ariidae
Genus
Brustiarius
Species
proximus
Taxon rank
species
Type status
Holotype