About this species
Neoarius hainesi, the ridged catfish, is a species of sea catfish in the family Ariidae of the order Siluriformes. This species occurs in marine and brackish waters on the southern coast of New Guinea and Northern Australia, between Darwin and southern Gulf of Carpentaria. It was formerly allocated to the monospecific genus Amissidens.
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Names and classification
Other scientific names: Amissidens hainesi, Arius hainesi
Similar species
Blue CatfishNeoarius graeffei
- Sawspine Catfish
Neoarius pectoralis
Sea BarbelGaleichthys feliceps
Giant Sea CatfishNetuma thalassina
Black-spotted SeacatfishArius maculatus
Shovelnose sea catfishArius subrostratus
Sources and credits
Names and taxonomy: WoRMS (CC BY 4.0) and the GBIF Backbone (CC BY 4.0). Photos: iNaturalist observers, each under the licence shown (CC0, CC BY or CC BY-SA).
- Descriptions: Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA, each linked to its article.
- Species data updated November 4, 2026.
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