Cochlefelis spatula

Cochlefelis spatula, the duckbilled catfish, alternatively spelled as the duck-billed catfish,^[2] is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.^[3] It was described by Edward Pierson Ramsay and James Douglas Ogilby in 1886, originally under the genus Arius.^[1] It inhabits turbid freshwater rivers in New Guinea. It reaches a standard length of 60 cm (24 in).^[3] Its diet consists of prawns in the genera Caridina and Macrobrachium.^[4]

Cochlefelis spatula
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Cochlefelis
Species:	C. spatula
Binomial name
Cochlefelis spatula (Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886)
Synonyms[1]
Arius nudidens M. C. W. Weber, 1913 Arius spatula Ramsay & Ogilby, 1886