Spoon-snouted catfish
| Spoon-snouted catfish | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Division: | Teleostei |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Doiichthys |
| Species: | D. novaeguineae |
| Binomial name | |
| Doiichthys novaeguineae Weber, 1913 | |
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The spoon-snouted catfish (Doiichthys novaeguineae) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae. It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913. It inhabits brackish and freshwaters in central-southern New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 15 cm (5.9 in).