Neoarius berneyi

Neoarius berneyi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Siluriformes
Family: Ariidae
Genus: Neoarius
Species:
N. berneyi
Binomial name
Neoarius berneyi
(Whitley, 1941)
Synonyms [1]
  • Ariopsis berneyi
  • Arius cleptolepis
  • Arius berneyi
  • Tachysurus berneyi

Neoarius berneyi, the highfin catfish, Berney's catfish, Berney's shark catfish, or the lesser salmon catfish, is a freshwater sea catfish that is commonly kept in aquariums. The origin of the name Neoarius berneyi is Greek, with the genus name Neoarius coming from the words neos meaning new and arios, meaning warlike or hostile, in reference to the well developed fin spines, and the species name, berneyi, comes from the ornithologist F. L. Berney.[2]

  1. ^ Biblio Records for Neoarius berneyi, Fishbase website, accessed May 13, 2009
  2. ^ "Arius berneyi * Ariidae * Cat-eLog * PlanetCatfish". planetcatfish.com. Retrieved 2009-05-04.