| Cryptarius daugueti | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Actinopterygii |
| Order: | Siluriformes |
| Family: | Ariidae |
| Genus: | Cryptarius |
| Species: | C. daugueti |
| Binomial name | |
| Cryptarius daugueti (Chevey, 1932) | |
Cryptarius daugueti is a species of sea catfish from the Mekong River basin which inhabits large rivers. It is found in brackish and fresh waters of Cambodia and Vietnam. This species has a maximum length of 26 centimetres (10 in) TL.
Etymology
The catfish is named in honor of Paul Dauguet (1883–?), a French merchant seaman and the commander of the research vessel De Lanessan from which the holotype was collected.
References
- ^ Froese, Rainer; Pauly, Daniel (eds.). "Cryptarius daugueti". FishBase. December 2011 version.
- Marceniuk, Alexandre P.; Menezes, Naércio A. (2007). "Systematics of the family Ariidae (Ostariophysi, Siluriformes), with a redefinition of the genera" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1416: 1–126. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1416.1.1.
- C. Scharpf & K. J. Lazara (22 September 2018). "Family ARIIDAE Bleeker 1858 (Sea Catfishes)". The ETYFish Project Fish Name Etymology Database. C. Scharpf and K. J. Lazara. Retrieved 21 November 2024.
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Cryptarius daugueti | |
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