Species profile—Neoarius graeffei (blue catfish)
Classification
Animalia (animals) → Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes) → Ariidae (fork-tailed catfishes) → Neoarius graeffei (blue catfish)
Sighting data
Species details
- Kingdom
- Animalia (animals)
- Class
- Actinopterygii (ray-finned fishes)
- Family
- Ariidae (fork-tailed catfishes)
- Scientific name
- Neoarius graeffei Kner & Steindachner, 1867
- Common name
- blue catfish
- WildNet taxon ID
- 26914
- Synonym(s)
- Arius graeffei
Neoarius curtisii
Neoarius australis
Ariopsis graeffei - Alternate name(s)
- lesser salmon catfish
fork-tailed catfish
salmon catfish - Conservation significant
- No
- Wetland status
- Wetland Dependant Species
- Endemicity
- Native
- Pest status
- Nil
- Species environment
- Aquatic & Marine
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=26914.
This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.
