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Pararius mastersi (Ogilby, 1898)

Image contributors to this species:

Australian National Fish Collection, CSIRO (1)

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Relevant Information:

Habitat: A benthic species which occurs over soft bottoms of inshore waters. Etymology: The genus name Pararius: Para-, near, presumably referring to resemblance of P. proximus to Arius australis (=Neoarius graeffei). The specific name masteri: In honour of George Masters (1837-1912), Curator of the Macleay Museum, Sydney University, to whom Ogilby was “indebted for much valuable information on the fine collection under his charge, and whose general knowledge of the Australian fauna is possibly exceeded by none”. Remarks: Described by James Douglas Ogilby in 1898, originally under the genus Arius. Still found on some online searches as Hexanematichthys mastersi.

Common Name:

Masters Catfish, Godfrey's Catfish

Synonyms:

Arius mastersi, Arius sagoroides, Tachysurus (Pararius) godfreyi, Hexanematichthys mastersi.

Family:

Ariidae

Distribution:

Indo-west Pacific: Papua New Guinea and Australia. Type locality: Port Darwin, Northern Australia.

Size:

48.0cm. (19ins)

Temp:

p.H.

Reference:

Ferraris, C.J. Jr., 2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes: Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa 1418:1-628.
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. 2019. FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. www.fishbase.org, ( 12/2019 ).
Hexanematichthys mastersi in Fishes of Australia, accessed 06 Sep 2020,. Fishes of Australia
The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database © Christopher Scharpf.

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