Spoon-snouted catfish

The spoon-snouted catfish^[2] (Doiichthys novaeguineae) is a species of catfish in the family Ariidae.^[3] It was described by Max Carl Wilhelm Weber in 1913.^[1] It inhabits brackish and freshwaters in central-southern New Guinea. It reaches a maximum standard length of 15 cm (5.9 in).^[3]

Spoon-snouted catfish
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Actinopterygii
Order:	Siluriformes
Family:	Ariidae
Genus:	Doiichthys
Species:	D. novaeguineae
Binomial name
Doiichthys novaeguineae Weber, 1913
Synonyms[1]
Nedystoma novaeguineae (Weber, 1913)